Adansonia is a fast-track and peer-reviewed journal of plant biology, devoted to the inventory, analysis and interpretation of vascular plants biodiversity. It publishes original results, in French or English, of botanical research, particularly in systematics and related fields: morphology, anatomy, biology, ecology, phylogeny, biogeography, etc. All articles published in Adansonia are compliant with the different nomenclatural codes (ICZN, ICN) and with the CRediTs initiative.
Starting in 2026, articles published in Adansonia are distributed under a CC-BY 4.0 license.
All Adansonia articles are made freely and immediately available in PDF to readers on the Muséum national d'histoire naturelle website, with no charges to authors for publication (Diamond Open Access). The enhanced journal is distributed by BioOne® in full-text searchable XML as part of the aggregation BioOne Complete. Archiving and preservation are provided via Portico and LOCKSS.
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Adansonia, série 3 continues as from 1997 the Bulletin du Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, 4ème série – section B, Adansonia : Botanique, phytochimie. The 1st series corresponds to: Adansonia, recueil périodique d'observations botaniques (1860-1879); the 2nd series to Adansonia nouvelle série (1961-1981). From 2018, Adansonia is published online only with a continuous flow of publication (fast-track).
Review of Vellozo’s Bignoniaceae: synonym detected, historical localities interpreted, and new lectotypes designated, plus epitypifications
Matheus NASCIMENTO et al.
109-150 , Published on 29 June 2026, art. 48 (13)
Book review
Clarifying the nomenclatural uncertainties surrounding Cistus pouzolzii Delile, C. × florentinus Lam., and C. × varius Pourr. (Cistaceae)
Agustín LAHORA et al.
87-100 , Published on 12 June 2026, art. 48 (11)
Editor in chief: Thierry Deroin
Editors: Porter P. Lowry II; Zachary S. Rogers
Desk editors: Emmanuel Côtez; Anne Mabille
P. Baas (Nationaal Herbarium Nederland, Wageningen)
F. Blasco (CNRS, Toulouse)
M. W. Callmander (Conservatoire et Jardin botaniques de la Ville de Genève)
A. Cornet (IRD, Paris)
J. A. Doyle (University of California, Davis)
P. K. Endress (Institute of Systematic Botany, Zürich)
P. Feldmann (Cirad, Montpellier)
L. Gautier (Conservatoire et Jardins botaniques de Genève)
F. Ghahremaninejad (Kharazmi University, Téhéran)
K. Iwatsuki (Museum of Nature and Human Activities, Hyogo)
A. A. Khapugin (Tyumen State University, Russia)
K. Kubitzki (Institut für Allgemeine Botanik, Hamburg)
J.-Y. Lesouef (Conservatoire botanique de Brest)
P. Morat (Muséum national d'Histoire naturelle, Paris)
J. Munzinger (Institut de Recherche pour le Développement, Nouméa)
P. H. Raven (Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis)
G. Tohmé (Conseil national de la Recherche scientifique Liban, Beyrouth)
J. G. West (Australian National Herbarium, Canberra)
J. R. Wood (Oxford)
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