# Harvard Papers in Botany ## expand\_more Harvard Papers in Botany (HPB) is a refereed, invite-only, journal that welcomes longer monographic and floristic accounts of plants and fungi, as well as papers concerning systematic botany, molecular phylogenetics, plant physiological ecology, the history of botany, and relevant and significant bibliographies, as well as book reviews. Harvard Papers in Botany is open to all who wish to contribute and accepts submissions in both English and Spanish. Potential authors may propose their papers by following our [Proposal Guidelines](/sites/g/files/omnuum6796/files/2025-06/Proprosal%20guidelines%20HPB%202025.pdf "HPB Paper Proposal Guidelines 2025") and sending the proposal to For information on historical journals, see the [About page](/pages/publications-about). **Manuscript Submission** Once your proposal is accepted, manuscripts, including tables and figures, should be submitted [via email](mailto:papers@oeb.harvard.edu) as attachments. The text should be in a major word-processing program in a Windows, Mac, or compatible format. Authors should include a completed [Submission Checklist](/sites/g/files/omnuum6796/files/2025-06/submission-checklist_2025_0.pdf "Submission Checklist HPB 2025") with the submission. Authors should include the approximate locations of tables and figures. Please note, authors writing monographs should include an Index to Numbered Collections at the end of their papers. The next issue of Harvard Papers in Botany is scheduled for January 2026. Invited authors should expect to have their manuscripts submitted by July 15th. For further details about format and layout, see [manuscript preparation](/pages/manuscript-preparation). **Editor-in-Chief**: Jeannine Cavender-Bares **Managing Editor**: Brett Fredericksen **Subject Editors**: - Steven Augustine: plant physiological ecology and biogeography - Daniel Sánchez Mata: geobotany and plant systematics - Sydne Record: statistical ecology, modeling and remote sensing - Rachel Swenie: fungal systematics and macroevolution - Dawson White: plant systematics and ethnobotany - Amity Wilczek: plant quantitative genetics, plant evolutionary ecology **Copy Editor**: Carla Barger **Production Editor**: Brett Fredericksen **Technical management**: Jeannette Everritt **Nomenclature specialist**: Kanchi Gandhi **Plant taxonomy specialist**: David Boufford **For questions or comments, please contact:**