''Brittonia'' is a quarterly, peer-reviewed botanical journal, publishing articles on plants, fungi, algae, and lichens. Published since 1931, it is named after the botanist

Nathaniel Lord Britton Nathaniel Lord Britton (January 15, 1859 – June 25, 1934) was an American botanist and taxonomist who co-founded the New York Botanical Garden in the Bronx, New York. Early life Britton was born in New Dorp in Staten Island, New York to ...

. Since 2007, the journal has been published by Springer on behalf of the New York Botanical Garden Press, the

New York Botanical Garden The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, ...

's publishing program. The current subtitle is: "A Journal of Systematic Botany". Currently, the journal is published quarterly, in both a paper and an online version. The editor-in-chief is Benjamin M. Torke."Brittonia" on Springer's website
/ref> The journal publishes research articles covering the entire field of the

systematics Biological systematics is the study of the diversification of living forms, both past and present, and the relationships among living things through time. Relationships are visualized as evolutionary trees (synonyms: cladograms, phylogenetic t ...

botany Botany, also called , plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek w ...

including anatomy, botanical history,

chemotaxonomy Merriam-Webster defines ''chemotaxonomy'' as the method of biological classification based on similarities and dissimilarity in the structure of certain compounds among the organisms being classified. Advocates argue that, as proteins are more cl ...

ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overl ...

, morphology,

paleobotany Paleobotany, which is also spelled as palaeobotany, is the branch of botany dealing with the recovery and identification of plant remains from geological contexts, and their use for the biological reconstruction of past environments (paleogeog ...

phylogeny A phylogenetic tree (also phylogeny or evolutionary tree Felsenstein J. (2004). ''Inferring Phylogenies'' Sinauer Associates: Sunderland, MA.) is a branching diagram or a tree showing the evolutionary relationships among various biological s ...

taxonomy Taxonomy is the practice and science of categorization or classification. A taxonomy (or taxonomical classification) is a scheme of classification, especially a hierarchical classification, in which things are organized into groups or types. ...

and phytogeography. Each issue features articles by New York Botanical Garden staff members and by botanists on a worldwide basis. The journal also contains book

review A review is an evaluation of a publication, product, service, or company or a critical take on current affairs in literature, politics or culture. In addition to a critical evaluation, the review's author may assign the work a rating to indi ...

s and announcements. Scientists who have published in the journal include

Frank Almeda Frank or Franks may refer to: People * Frank (given name) * Frank (surname) * Franks (surname) * Franks, a medieval Germanic people * Frank, a term in the Muslim world for all western Europeans, particularly during the Crusades - see Farang Cu ...

, Arne Anderberg, Fred Rogers Barrie, Dennis Eugene Breedlove, Brian Boom,

Sherwin Carlquist Sherwin John Carlquist FMLS (July 7, 1930 - December 1, 2021) was an American botanist and photographer. Education He received his undergraduate degree from the University of California, Berkeley in 1952 and a Ph.D. in botany in 1956, also at ...

, Armando Carlos Cervi, Alain Chautems, Thomas Bernard Croat,

Arthur Cronquist Arthur John Cronquist (March 19, 1919 – March 22, 1992) was an American biologist, botanist and a specialist on Compositae. He is considered one of the most influential botanists of the 20th century, largely due to his formulation of the Cr ...

, Thomas Franklin Daniel, Otto Degener, Laurence Dorr,

Robert Louis Dressler Robert (Louis) Dressler (born 1927, died October 15, 2019, in Paraíso, Costa Rica) was an American botanist specialist of the taxonomy of the Orchidaceae. He graduated from the University of Southern California and Harvard University. In 1977, ...

, Lynn Gillespie,

Peter Goldblatt Peter Goldblatt (born 1943) is a South African botanist, working principally in the United States. Life Goldblatt was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on October 8, 1943. His undergraduate studies (B.Sc.) were undertaken at the University ...

, Jean-Jacques de Granville,

Walter Stephen Judd Walter S. Judd (born 1951) is an American botanist and taxonomist, and distinguished professor in the Department of Botany, University of Florida since 2009. Career Judd attended Michigan State University (B.S. 1973, M.S. 1974) and Harvard Un ...

Ellsworth Paine Killip Ellsworth Paine Killip (September 2, 1890 – November 21, 1968) was a U.S. botanist. His name is linked to over 600 species names. Around 150 species are named for him, including '' Linanthus killipii''. Killip specialized in the taxonomy of Sout ...

Robert Merrill King The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' ( non, Hróðr) "fame, glory, ho ...

, Gwilym Lewis,

Bassett Maguire Bassett Maguire (August 4, 1904 – February 6, 1991) was an American botanist, head curator of the New York Botanical Garden, and a leader of scientific expeditions to the Guyana Highlands in Brazil and Venezuela. Life Maguire was born in Gadsd ...

, Lucinda McDade, John McNeill, Elmer Drew Merrill,

Scott Alan Mori Scott Alan Mori (October 13, 1941, Janesville, Wisconsin – August 12, 2020) was a swiss and american botanist and plant collector. He specialized in the systematics and ecology of neotropical Lecythidaceae and Amazonian and Guianian floristics ...

, José Panero,

Timothy Plowman Timothy Charles Plowman (November 17, 1944 – January 7, 1989) was an ethnobotanist best known for his intensive work over the course of 15 years on the genus ''Erythroxylum'' in general, and the cultivated coca species in particular. He co ...

Ghillean Prance Sir Ghillean Tolmie Prance (born 13 July 1937) is a prominent British botanist and ecologist who has published extensively on the taxonomy of families such as Chrysobalanaceae and Lecythidaceae, but drew particular attention in documenting the ...

Peter Raven Peter Hamilton Raven (born June 13, 1936) is an American botanist and environmentalist, notable as the longtime director, now President Emeritus, of the Missouri Botanical Garden. Early life On June 13, 1936, Raven was born in Shanghai, China ...

Harold E. Robinson Harold Ernest Robinson (May 22, 1932 – December 17, 2020) was an American botanist and entomologist. Career Robinson's specialty was the sunflower family (Asteraceae) and the bryophytes. He has named or described over 2,800 new species and s ...

Laurence Skog Laurence Edgar Skog (born April 9, 1943) is an American botanist who specializes in the flowering plant family Gesneriaceae. Laurence Edgar Skog was born in Duluth, Minnesota, the oldest of four children. Skog was a graduate of the University ...

, Erik Smets, Douglas Soltis, Pamela Soltis, Julian Alfred Steyermark, Fabio Augusto Vitta, Warren L. Wagner, Dieter Wasshausen,

Maximilian Weigend Maximilian Weigend (born September 25, 1969, in Erbendorf) is a German botanist. His botanical author abbreviation is "Weigend". As a student, Weigend received first prize in 1987 and 1989 as part of the Federal President's history competition o ...

, Henk van der Werff and

Scott Zona Scott Zona (born 1959) is an American botanist. From 1993 to 2008, he was the Palm Biologist at Fairchild Tropical Botanic Garden. From 2008 to 2017, he served as the curator for the Florida International University Wertheim Conservatory. He is no ...

List of editors

* Benjamin M. Torke, 2016 to present * Lawrence M. Kelly, 2004–2015 * Jacquelyn A. Kallunki, 1991–1994 * Noel H. Holmgren, 1977–1990 * John T. Mickel, 1976–1977 *

William Louis Culberson William Louis "Bill" Culberson (April 5, 1929 in Indianapolis, Indiana – February 8, 2003 in Durham, North Carolina) was an American lichenologist. Professional history Culberson earned his bachelor's degree at the University of Cincinnati, ...

, 1975 * Paul A. Fryxell, 1972–1975 * John R. Reeder, 1967–1971 * Peter H. Raven, 1963–1964 *

Rogers McVaugh Rogers McVaugh (May 30, 1909 – September 24, 2009) was a research professor of botany and the UNC Herbarium's curator of Mexican plants. He was also Adjunct Research Scientist of the Hunt Institute in Carnegie Mellon University and a Profes ...

, 1959–1963 * Harold William Rickett, 1957–1958 * various editorial committees, 1931–1956

References

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