Guide for Authors

Instructions to authors
  1. The Iranian Journal of Botany publishes original papers in the field of plant taxonomy and related subjects such as molecular systematics and phylogeny, phytogeography, cytology, morphology, anatomy, embryology, and phytochemistry. Short papers on chromosome counts will be considered for publication. The voucher specimens of all studied materials must be defined and preserved in a herbarium.
  2. Only English manuscripts will be accepted. A summary of the manuscript must be provided in the Persian language. The editor will prepare a Persian summary for the manuscripts submitted by non-Persian speaking authors.
  3. The manuscripts must be submitted electronically to the journal website at http://ijb.areeo.ac.ir/. All communication related to manuscript submission and review must be conducted through the journal’s website. The manuscript must be prepared in Microsoft Word 2007, using 10-point Times New Roman font. Illustrations [line drawings (bitmap, 1200 dpi or higher) and pictures (600 dpi or higher)] should be as Adobe files.
  4. The authors submitting a manuscript and the co-authors are requested to enter the submission form and register on the journal website, and fill in the fields. Fields marked with an asterisk are mandatory.
  5. The Corresponding author of the paper should be designated, and their ORCID ID must be provided.
  6. A written agreement of all co-authors must be submitted with the initial manuscript.
  7. The authors must avoid simultaneous submission of the manuscript to multiple journals.
  8. An abstract of about 150-250 words should be given for the papers. The abstract must include a short introduction, methods, and results.
  9. Address/addresses of the author/authors should be given after the abstract; full first names of authors are necessary.
  10. About 10 keywords, sorted alphabetically, should be defined.

     For example: Apiaceae; idiograms; Iran; karyotype.

  1. A short headline of the title should be given on the first page.
  2. The taxa below the generic level should be accompanied by the author’s name upon the first mention.
  3. Figures, tables, and maps in the text should be cited as Fig. 1; Fig. 2, Table 1, Map 1.
  4. The size of figures, tables, and maps, including footnotes, should be 22.5 × 16.5 cm or an appropriate size for the desired reduction. Figures and Tables should be submitted in separate files. Figure captions should be provided in separate files. If there is more than one image in a figure, then they should be defined as in the example below:

Fig. 2. SEM micrographs of glabrous type styles in Fritillaria crassifolia ssp. crassifolia: A, style; B, style base. Glabrous branched type styles in Fritillaria crassifolia ssp. kurdica: C, style; D, stigma surface. Minutely papillose branched type styles in Fritillaria poluninii: E, style; F, style base. Scales: A, C, E=1 mm; B & F=200 μm; D=100 μm.

  1. References in the text could be in any of the following forms: (Rechinger 1998); Rechinger (1998); (Rechinger & al. 1950) or (Rechinger & Esfandiari 1980). If more than one reference is mentioned, they must be separated by a semicolon (Rechinger & al. 1950; Rechinger & Esfandiari 1980; Hedge & Lamond 1978).
  2. References should be given at the end of the paper in alphabetical order. Papers of a single author are arranged according to the year of publication. If there is more than one paper in a year, they are marked by a, b, etc. i. e 1998a, 1998b. If there is a repeated author name for the next reference, then it should be written as the complete name. The journal names must be written according to their designated abbreviations.

 Examples of references are as follows:

 Books:

Assadi, M. 1988: Tamarix. In: Assadi, M. & al. (eds), Fl. of Iran no. 1: 20-67. -Tehran. Research Institute of Forests & Rangelands.

Wendelbo, P. 1965: Primulaceae. In: Rechinger, K.H. (ed.), Flora Iranica no.9. -Graz, Akademische Druck-u. Verlagsanstalt.

Journal articles:

Assadi, M. & Zeraatkar, A. 2020: Acantholimon saadii (Plumbaginaceae), a new species from Iran. -Iran. J. Bot. 26 (1): 01-05. Tehran.

Assadi, M. & Runemark, H. 1995: Hybridization, genomic constitution and generic delimitation in Elymus L. sensu lato (Poaceae: Triticeae). -Pl. Syst. Evol. 194: 189-205.

  1. Internet pages (ULR):

     https://powo.science.kew.org

     The Digital Object Identifier of the papers should follow the journal name and page number:

     Hosseinnejad Azad, G., Mehregan, I. & Albach, D. C. 2021: Morphometric analysis for the evaluation of diversity within and among Veronica Anagallis-aquatica L. populations in Iran. -Iran. J. Bot. 27 (2):130-145. https://doi.org/10.22092/ijb.2021.355409.1332.

 

  1. The key to the taxa should be as follows:

1. Flowers in a raceme or solitary ........................................................................................................... 1. Fritillaria gibbosa

- Flowers in an umbel .................................................................................................................................................................... 2

2. Flowers red.............................................................................................................................................................. 2. F. imperialis

- Flowers orange......................................................................................................................................................... 3. F. raddeana