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The quarterly journal dedicated to orchids, published by Tropicalia

The orchid journal RICHARDIANA

Richardiana is a French-speaking (although papers may be published in English) quaterly journal, published by the association Tropicalia.

Editor-in-chief :
Dr. Guy R. Chiron

Scientific Committee :
Prof. Georges Barale (University of Lyon - France)
Prof. Dr. Guido J. Braem (California Academy of Science - USA)
Phillip Seaton (chairman of the OSG-Ex situ Conservation - UK)

Editorial Board :
Roger Bellone (France)
Guy R. Chiron (France)

The quarterly journal dedicated to orchids, published by Tropicalia

Objectifs

Devoted to the scientific study of the Orchidaceae, this journal publishes original articles on the systematic of this family, the botanical description of its members, geobotany, history of their discovery, and conservation. Bibliographic notes, bokk reviews, and news are accepted as well.

Form

Format 15x21, one annual volume containing about 200 pages.
Articles come with botanical drawings, diagrams and other black and white illustrations; a few colour pictures are allowed.
Articles are published in French, with a English abstract and, should this happen, in the author's language.
Each issue contains from 3 to 6 articles.
A column " A lire " provides some bibliographic references of recently published books.

Authors

Instructions to the authors are given on the third cover page in each issue.

Subscription

Subscription to an annual volume (4 issues) : 36 euros, for a sending within the European Union - 39 euros, for a sending outside of the European Union (2010 rate).
To subscribe

Exchanges

Exchange with a journal of similar center of interest can be considered.
Please ask redaction@richardiana.com for further information.

Have a look to the exchanges list

Samples

Here are some scans that will give you an idea of the data contained in the journal :

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Checklist of the botanical names published in Richardiana

5514 names of genera or subgeneric taxa have been treated in at least one of the articles published in Richardiana. An alphabetical checklist is available, with indication of the issue in which each name was published.

To reach the list.