Editorial Team

Editor-in-chief and Managing Editor

Prof. Dr. Rainer W Bussmann

Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Karlsruhe, Erbprinzenstrasse 13, 76133 Karlsruhe, Germany

Ilia State University Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden Department of Ethnobotany Tbilisi, Georgia

Deputy Editor-in-chief

Dr. Maroof Ali

Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna 666303, China

Senior Editors

Dr. Saraj Bahadur, School of Ecology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou, China

Prof. Dr. Zaal Kikvidze, Institute of Ethno-biology and Socio-ecology School of Natural Sciences and Engineering ILIA State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

Dr. Wahid Hussain, Department of Botany, GPGC Parachinar, Kurram, KP, Pakistan, Pakistan

Dr. Ripu M. Kunwar, Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal

Dr. Gonzalo Malca, NMR Scientist IV at US Pharmacopeia, 12601 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, Maryland 20852, USA

Dr. Alfred Maroyi, Department of Botany, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa

Dr. Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana; Ilia State University Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden Department of Ethnobotany 1 Botanical Str., 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia, Georgia

Prof. Dr. Wawan Sujarwo, Research Center for Ecology and Ethnobiology, National Research and Innovation Agency of Indonesia (BRIN), KST. Soekarno, Jalan Raya Jakarta-Bogor Km.46, Cibinong 16911, Indonesia

Associate Editors

Prof. Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad, Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.

Prof. Dr. Shah Alam Khan, National University of Science and Technology, Muskat, Oman

Prof. Dr. Md. Ashrafuzzaman; Department of Crop Botany and Krishi Museum, Bangladesh Agricultural University Mymensingh 2202, Bangladesh

Prof. Dr. Alejandro Casas Fernández, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico

Dr. Yebouk Cheikh, Nouakchott University, Department of Biology, Laboratory of Plant Biodiversity and Natural Resource Development, University of Nouakchott, Nouakchott, Mauritania

Dr. Emiel de Meyer, University of Ghent, Belgium / State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Germany

Prof. Dr. Abhishek Dutta, Department if Botany, University of Jammu, Srinagar, India

Prof. Dr. Olim K. Khojimatov, Tashkent Botanical Garden named after Academician F. N. Rusanov at Institute of Botany of Uzbek Academy of Sciences. 100140, Tashkent, Bogishamol str., 232 B

Prof. Dr. Chunlin Long, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China

Prof. Dr. Lukasz Luczaj, Faculty of Biology, Nature Protection and Sustainable Development, University of Rzeszów, Poland

Dr. Will C. McClatchey, Woodland Valley Meadows Farm LLC, Eugene, United States

Prof. Dr. Andrea Pieroni, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Pollenzo, Italy

Dr. Fu Yao, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, China 650201

Copyeditors

Khateeb Hussain, School of Water and Environment, Chang’an University, Xi’an, 710054 China

Dr. Narel Y. Paniagua Zambrana; Ilia State University Institute of Botany and Bakuriani Alpine Botanical Garden Department of Ethnobotany 1 Botanical Str., 0105 Tbilisi, Georgia

Editorial Board

Prof. Dr. Arshad Mehmood Abbasi, COMSATS University, Islamabad, Abbottabad Campus, Pakistan

Prof. Dr. Romulo Alves, UEPB · Departamento de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Brazil

Dr. Karuppusamy Arunachalam, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Av. Costa e Silva, s/n, Bairro Universitário, ZIP code-79070-900, Campo Grande – MS, Brazil

Dr. Michael Balick, New York Botanical Garden, New York, USA

Dr. Racquel C Barcelo, University of the Philippines Baguio, Philippines

Prof. Dr. Ketevan Batsatsashvili, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia

Dr. Jyoti Bhandari, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Tribhuvan University, Nepal

Dr. Luo Binsheng, Lushan Botanical Garden, Jiangxi Province and Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Dr. Biswajit Bose, Department of Botany, School of Basic Sciences, SRM University Sikkim, Gangtok, India

Dr. Alain Cuerrier; Jardin Botanique de Montréal, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale/Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada

Prof. Dr. Mohammed Dalli, Higher Institute of Nursing Professions and Health Techniques of Oujda City, Morocco

Prof. Dr. Javier Echeverría, University of Santiago, Santiago de Chile, Chile

Prof. Dr. Andrew Flachs, Department of Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Prof. Dr. Yusufjon Gafforov,  New Uzbekistan University, 54 Mustaqillik Ave., Tashkent, 100007, Uzbekistan; AKFA University, 264 Milliy Bog Street, 111221, Tashkent, Uzbekistan; Mycology Laboratory, Institute of Botany, Academy of Sciences of Republic of Uzbekistan, 32 Durmon Yuli, Tashkent 100125, Uzbekistan; State Key Laboratory of Mycology, Institute of Microbiology, Chinese Academy of Sciences. No.1, Beichen West Road, Beijing 100101, P.R. China

Dr. Mayar Luis Ganoza-Yupanqui, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Departamento de Farmacología, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Trujillo, Peru

Dr. Syed Waseem Gillani, University of Oxford, UK

Dr. Natalia Hanazaki, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Depto de Ecologia e Zoologia, Florianópolis, Brazil

Prof. Dr. Hajri Haska, Agricultural University, Faculty of Forestry Science. Tirana, Albania

Dr. Marifatul Haq, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India

Dr. Iram Ijaz, University of Florida, Gainsville, USA

Dr. Hammad Ahmad Jan, Department of Botany, University of Buner, Swari, Pakistan, Pakistan

Dr. Mustafa Karaköse, Giresun Üniversitesi Espiye Meslek Yüksekokulu, Tıbbi ve Aromatik Bitkiler Programı, Espiye-Giresun, Türkiye

Dr. Dipak Khadka, Faculty of Environmental Science Department, GoldenGate International College, Kathmandu, Nepal

Prof. Dr. Shujaul Mulk Khan, Department of Plant Sciences Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad-45320, Pakistan

Dr. Muhammad Nauman Khan, Department of Botany, University of Chakwal, Punjab, Pakistan.

Dr. Manoj Kumar, Forest Research Institute, Dehradun, India

Dr. Munesh Kumar, Department of Forestry and Natural Resources. HNB Garhwal University, Srinagar Garhwal, India

Dr. Ana H Ladio, INIBIOMA Instituto de Investigaciones en Biodiversidad y Medio Ambiente (Universidad Nacional del Comahue-CONICET), General Roca, Argentina

Dr. Sadia Malik, Rawalpindi Women University, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Dr. Bo Liu, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China

Dr. Ermias Lulekal, Addis Ababa University, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Department of Plant Biology and Biodiversity Management, P.O. Box 34731(Private), Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Dr. Roman Lysiuk, Department of Pharmacognosy and Botany, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Pekarska str. 69, Lviv, Ukraine, 79010

Dr. Tawseef A. Mir, School of Life and Allied Sciences, BFIT Group of Institutions, Dehradun, India

Dr. Hamid Moazzeni, Department of Botany, Research Center for Plant Sciences, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, P.O.BOX 91779-48974, Mashhad, Iran

Dr. Swarnendu Mondal, Deptartment of Botany, Tribal Medicine and Pharmacognosy Research Unit, Maharajadhiraj Uday Chand Women's College, The University of Burdwan, Purba-Bardhaman, West Bengal- 713104, India

Dr. Farzaneh Khajoei Nasab, Department of Plant Sciences and Biotechnology, Faculty of Life sciences and Biotechnology, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

Dr. Hamid Nazari, Department of Biology, Bu-Ali Sina University, Hamedan, Iran

Dr. Nazir A. Pala, Faculty of Forestry, Benhama, Ganderbal, SKUAST-Kashmir (J & K), Srinagar, India

Prof. Dr. Anely Nedelcheva, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Faculty of Chemistry and Pharmacy, Dept. of Organic Chemistry and Pharmacognosy, 1 J. Baurchier blvd, 1164, Sofia, Bulgaria

Dr. Prateep Panyadee, The Botanical Garden Organization, Ministry of Natural Resources and EnvironmentQueen Sirikit Botanic Garden, 100, M.9, Mae Ram sub-, district,, Mae Rim district, Chiang Mai province, Thailand, 50180

Prof. Dr. Abdolah Ghasemi Pirbalouti, Department of Food Science and Technology, School of Pharmacy, Tehran Medical Sciences Azad University, Iran

Prof. Dr. Zbynek Polesny, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic

Dr. Fatima Zahrae Redouan, Department of Biology, Abdelmalek Essaâdi University, Tétouan, Morocco

Dr. Sailesh Ranjitkar, N.Gene Solution of Natural Innovation, Kathmandu, Nepal

Prof. Dr. Hussein Said-Al Ahl, Department of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants, National Research Centre, Cairo, Egypt

Prof. Dr. Manuel Pardo de Santanyana, Universidad Autónoma de Madrid Departamento de Biología (Botánica) Centro de Investigación en Biodiversidad y Cambio Global (CIBC-UAM), Madrid, Spain

Dr. Gopalkrishnan Saroja Seethapathy, National Center for Natural Products Research, School of Pharmacy, The University of Mississippi, 314D Thad Cochran Research Center, University, MS 38677, USA

Dr. A. Stephen, Department of Botany, St. Joseph's College of Bangalore, Bangalore, India

Dr. Naji Sulaiman, University of Gastronomic Sciences | Pollenzo Campus, Piazza Vittorio Emanuele, 9 fraz. Pollenzo – 12042 Bra (Cn) – Italy

Prof. Dr. Ivana Vitasović-Kosić, Sveučilište u Zagrebu | University of Zagreb, Agronomski fakultet | Faculty of Agriculture, Odsjek za hortikulturu i krajobraznu arhitekturu | Division of Horticulture and Landscape Architecture, Zavod za poljoprivrednu botaniku | Department of Agricultural Botany, Svetošimunska cesta 25, HR-10000 Zagreb, Croatia

Dr. Anna Waldstein, School of Anthropology and Conservation,University of Kent. UK

Dr. Caroline S. Weckerle, University of Zürich, Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany and Botanical Garden, Zürich. Switzerland

Dr. Aruna D Weerasooriya, Prairie View A&M University (Texas A&M System), USA

Dr. Ding Xiaoyong, Germplasm Bank of Wild Species & Yunnan Key Laboratory of Crop Wild Relatives Omics, Kunming, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Kunming, Yunnan 650201, China

Prof. Yang Xuefei, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, China 650201