About the Journal

History

The Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh was established in 1900 by the Garden’s then Regius Keeper (Director), Sir Isaac Bayley Balfour, with the purpose of publishing ‘reports upon the progress of the Garden, records of scientific investigations carried on in the Garden, and notices of points of interest relating to plant-life which come under the observation of the staff’. The Notes also published papers by international scientists and is perhaps best known for the publication of species new to science and research series such as Materials for a Flora of Turkey, Studies in the Flora of Arabia and Notes relating to the Flora of Bhutan. In May 1990, the journal changed its name to the Edinburgh Journal of Botany, and it continues to publish peer-reviewed scientific papers covering plant and fungal systematics and biodiversity.

The Digital Archive

Articles in the digital archive of the Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh have been assigned to the first author of the paper. The front page and associated content are included in the first issue of a volume and the volume index (if one was made) is included in the final issue of a volume. Any corrections or errata are included in the issue in which they were published.

The digital archive has been made available as part of the work of the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh which is supported by the Scottish Government’s Environment and Forestry Directorate (ENFOR).

Copyright Policy

The content of the digital archives are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence that allows others to share the work with an acknowledgement of the work’s authorship and initial publication in this journal. More information on Creative Commons licences.

It is not necessary to obtain permission to reuse articles published in Notes from the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, provided that the reuse is in line with the article’s Creative Commons licence and attribution to the author(s) and the published article is maintained. Please note that these terms do not extend to any material that has separate licensing terms specified or any material that is identified as being the copyright of a third party. Permission to reproduce third-party material must be obtained directly from the relevant copyright holders.

New Publications

If you wish to publish research on plant systematics and biodiversity with the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh new papers should be submitted via the Edinburgh Journal of Botany webpage here. The Edinburgh Journal of Botany is Diamond Open Access, free to publish in and free to read.