Polla Renon is joining NJB as subject editor for South American plant taxonomy.

Alexandra Gibau de Lima is joining NJB as subject editor for South American plant taxonomy.

The cover image illustrates a campos rupestres site at Chapada Diamantina (Bahia, Brazil) showing a pivotal ecological niche for the species Bulbophyllum weddellii.

The cover shows a landscape view of part of an operational wind farm sited in mixed-grass prairie habitat in southeast Wyoming, USA. This was one of the field sites where footage was recorded for the study by Wischler et al.

The cover image shows a dense meadow of the seagrass Thalassodendron ciliatum in its natural underwater habitat at Mbudya Island, Tanzania, where specimens were collected for morphological and molecular identification. The study by Lusana & Lugendo examines the diversity of Tanzania’s seagrasses, combining field-based taxonomy with DNA barcoding to identify 12 species and strengthen the molecular reference library for seagrasses of the Western Indian Ocean.

The cover image shows the mangrove species Avicennia marina from the Sundarbans. The new species was characterzied together with two other Avicennia species in the article by Mondal & Naskar. The Sundarbans mangrove forest accounts for approximately 42.5% of India's mangrove area.  

The cover image shows the inflorescence of Berberis tawangensis B.Hajong & P.Bharali. It is one of three new Berberis species described in the article by Hajong et al. 

Joint special issue with Journal of Pollination Ecology: SCAPE 2024 Pollination Ecology

We are happy to announce the inaugural competition for the NJB Review Award, given to an early career research scientist with an exceptional mini-review manuscript. Deadline: 30 November 2026.

Special issue section on plant performance and diversity in roadside and railway habitats

Mark Hughes is joining NJB as Coordinating Editor for taxonomy & systematics. He is also a specialist on Begonia‍ ‍spp.

Phylogenetic analysis reclassifies a geophytic Jatropha species as J. benghalensis, clarifying its distinction from closely related taxa.

Phylogenetic analyses reveal new Abrothallus species specialized on Ramalina lichens, highlighting hidden diversity and host specificity.

Pollen limitation in Veratrum grandiflorum differed significantly among flower, raceme, and whole plant level.

We welcome on board our third Subject Editor for Chinese vascular plants! Qiang Wang is a professor of plant systematics and biodiversity at the Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, and the University of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.

We welcome Tao Deng as new Subject Editor for Chinese vascular plants, with a focus on angiosperms from southwest China and the adjacent Pan-Third Pole regions. Tao Deng is a researcher at the Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences.

We would like to welcome Professor Bo Li, Ph.D., as Subject Editor for Chinese vascular plant taxonomy! He is the PI of the Plant Taxonomy and Conservation Research Group at the Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences (XTBG).

We would like to welcome Dr. Masoomeh Ghobad-Nejhad to the NJB editorial board as subject editor in mycology! Based at the Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, she is a mycologist with a keen interest in taxonomy and its links to morphology, molecular identification, phylogeny, eDNA, character evolution, nomenclature, and applied systematics.

We would like to welcome Gerald M. Schneeweiss as new Subject Editor for molecular systematics at Nordic Journal of Botany! Gerald is an Associate Professor at the Department of Botany and Biodiversity Research at the University of Vienna, where he studies the evolution, systematics and biogeography of flowering plants.

The new species Sedum diversiflorum sp. nov. has a unique variation in floral merosity.

Conocybe salalahensis is described as a new species based on morphology and phylogeny.

A new succulent species, Euphorbia paraikalli, is identified in India, distinguished from relatives and found in scattered hill populations.

Due by 30 Nov 2025: NJB invites abstract submissions to the special issue “Tundra Transitions: Understanding Vegetation Change Across Scales and Systems.”

A new Passiflora species from Ecuador is described, highlighting localized diversity in a poorly explored region.

An updated identification key for Carex incorporates recent taxonomic changes and enables classification of over 300 European and Caucasian taxa.

A new natural hybrid orchid, Vanilla × robusta, is identified in Brazil, illustrating the role of hybridization in plant diversification.

Nordic Journal of Botany will be an Open Access journal beginning on 1 January 2026. All papers will be freely accessible for anyone to read and share, directly upon publication.

Starting in August 2025, Dr. Jalil Noroozi will take over the role of Editor-in-Chief in taxonomy and systematics at Nordic Journal of Botany.