Academic Journal
Q3Phytotaxa
About Phytotaxa
Phytotaxa is a scholarly journal published by Magnolia Press. SCImago 2025 lists it in Q3, with an SJR of 0.351 and H-index of 58.
Coverage: 2010-2026. Research categories: Ecology, Evolution, Behavior and Systematics (Q3); Plant Science (Q3).
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Topics in published research
Plant Diversity and Evolution; Plant and Fungal Species Descriptions; Plant and animal studies; Plant Pathogens and Fungal Diseases; Mycorrhizal Fungi and Plant Interactions; Fern and Epiphyte Biology.
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Recent Research Articles
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Pseudoplanothidium skadovskii (Bacillariophyceae, Cocconeidales)—a new small-celled diatom species from the Moscow Region, Russia
NATALIA TSEPLIK, DMITRY CHUDAEV, MAXIM KULIKOVSKIY
2026-10-06 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.778.1.7Three new species of Pleroma (Melastomataceae) from Atlantic Forest inselbergs, southeastern Brazil
FABRÍCIO SCHMITZ MEYER, DAYVID R. COUTO, LUDOVIC J.C. KOLLMANN, RENATO GOLDENBERG et al.
2026-10-06 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.778.1.1Exploring the diversity of the genus Passiflora (Passifloraceae): Passifora tenensis, a new species of the section Decaloba from Colombia
DAVID LOZANO-CIFUENTES, BORIS VILLANUEVA TAMAYO, J.R. KUETHE, HERNÁN D. BERNAL P. et al.
2026-10-06 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.778.1.5Morphological characteristics and phylogenetic analysis reveal a new species of Ganoderma (Ganodermataceae) from Yunnan, China
RUIPING PANG, LIDAN MU, NAN XIAO, KAIYANG NIU et al.
2026-10-06 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.778.1.2First Record of Cyclospermum leptophyllum (Apiaceae) in Saudi Arabia: Biogeographical Significance and Floristic Implications for the Arabian Peninsula
MOHAMED A. FADL, NAJLA A. AL SHAYE, EMAD A. ALSHERIF
2026-10-06 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.778.1.6Perezia namorensis (Compositae, Mutisieae, Nassauviinae), a new species from the subrupicolous environments of the Marañón basin, in northern Peru
JUAN MONTOYA-QUINO, ERICXS CUEVA-INFANTE, ELIANA LINARES-PEREA, ANTONIO GALÁN-DE-MERA et al.
2026-10-06 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.778.1.8Pimpinella downiei (Apiaceae), a new species from eastern Anatolia (Türkiye)
HUSEYIN AŞKIN AKPULAT, ŞÜKRÜ KARAKUŞ, GÜLAY ECEVITGENÇ
2026-10-06 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.778.1.4Thalassionema frauenfeldii f. pontica f. nov. (Bacillariophyta) from the Black Sea (Russia)
RINAT M. GOGOREV, SVETLANA L. POLYAKOVA, ELENA L. NEVROVA
2026-10-06 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.778.1.3Lentibulariaceae (Lamiales) from Maranhão, Brazil
MILENA SALAZAR-FERREIRA, LAYANNE IZABELLY FERREIRA PEDROSA, ANDRÉ VITO SCATIGNA, LUCAS CARDOSO MARINHO et al.
2026-10-02 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.777.3.2Morphological and phylogenetic characterisation of a plectosphaerellaceous fungus, Sodiomyces sinensis sp. nov.
XIN TIAN, JING FENG, MING-YI ZHANG, YUN-JIE WU et al.
2026-10-02 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.777.3.7A new species of Psammogeton (Apiaceae: Pimpinelleae) from the north-western Himalaya, India
B. L. BHELLUM, RANI MAGOTRA
2026-10-02 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.777.3.6A remarkable new Salvia (Lamiaceae) from the ecotonal vegetation surrounding the western Andean relict forests of Peru
PAÚL GONZÁLES, ROLANDO URÍA, JEAN CAPCHA-RAMOS
2026-10-02 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.777.3.5Selaginella pseudobisulcata (Selaginellaceae), a new combination
JUN-KAI HUANG, SHI-YONG DONG
2026-10-02 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.777.3.8First confirmed record of Vallisneria spiralis in China based on morphological and molecular evidence
YAN-JING SHANG, LAN-JIE HUANG, NI-YAN XIANG, WEN-HAO YANG et al.
2026-10-02 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.777.3.4New generic record of Tirpitzia Hallier f. (Linaceae) for Laos, with the description of a new species
PHONGPHAYBOUN PHONEPASEUTH, SHUICHIRO TAGANE, VAN-SON DANG, KOJI TAKAYAMA et al.
2026-10-02 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.777.3.1Luisia danxiacola, a new species of Orchidaceae from China and notes on the taxonomy of Luisia amesiana
YANSHUANG HUANG, PANKAJ KUMAR, K. PHILIP WOJTAS, ZUGUANG WU et al.
2026-10-02 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.777.3.3Erratum: CAIQUAN SHEN, JIE FANG, SHUAI PENG, HONG LIU, LU ZHU, ANG LIU & GUANGWAN HU (2026) Cypripedium × yadongense, a new natural hybrid of Cypripedium (Orchidaceae) from Xizang, China. Phytotaxa 774 (1): 31–48.
CAIQUAN SHEN, JIE FANG, SHUAI PENG, HONG LIU et al.
2026-09-30 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.777.2.10Ophiopogon longiscapus (Asparagaceae), a new species from southeastern Yunnan, China
JIE CHEN, HONG-BO DING, JUN-GAO CHEN, CHAO-BO TONG et al.
2026-09-30 · DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.777.2.8Reviews
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