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
Associate Editors
Prof. Dr. Mushtaq Ahmad, Department of Plant Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan.
Dr. Maroof Ali, Xishuangbanna Tropical Botanical Garden, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Xishuangbanna 666303, China
Dr. Saraj Bahadur, College of Forestry, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, 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, Senior NMR Applications Scientist Magritek Inc.103 Great Valley Pkwy Malvern, PA 19355 M, 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. Andrea Pieroni, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Pollenzo, Italy
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
Copyeditor
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
Dr. Shahid Adeel, Department of Applied Chemistry, Sir Syed Block, New Campus, Government College University Faisalabad, Jhang Road, Faisalabad, Pakistan.
Prof. Dr. Ulysses Paulino Albuquerque, Laboratory of Ecology and Evolution of Social- Ecological Systems (LEA), Departamento de Botânica, Centro de Biociências, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brazil
Dr. Ali Abdullah Aldosari, King Saud University, Geography Department. Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Prof. Dr. Romulo Alves, UEPB · Departamento de Ciências Biológicas Universidade Estadual da Paraíba, Campina Grande, Brazil
Emanuela Appetiti, Institute for the Preservation of Medical Traditions, Washington, DC 20009, USA
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
Prof. Dr. Ketevan Batsatsashvili, Ilia State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Dr. Jyoti Bhandari, Institute of Forestry, Pokhara Tribhuvan University, Nepal
Dr. Biswajit Bose, Department of Botany, School of Basic Sciences, SRM University Sikkim, Gangtok, India
Prof. Dr. Hugo J. de Boer, University of Uppsala, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Dr. Emiel de Meyer, University of Ghent, Belgium / Styate Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Germany
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. Alain Cuerrier; Jardin Botanique de Montréal, Institut de recherche en biologie végétale/Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
Prof. Dr Jade D'Alpoim Guedes, Department of Anthropology and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, San Diego, USA
Dr. Namraj Dhami, School of Health and Allied Sciences, Pokhara University, Pokhara, Ward 30, Kaski, Gandaki, 33700, Nepal
Prof. Dr. Javier Echeverría, University of Santiago, Santiago de Chile, Chile
Prof. Dr. Eve Emshwiller, University of Wisconsin - Madison, Madison, USA
Prof. Dr. Maria Fadiman, Florida Atlantic University, Boca Raton, Florida, USA
Prof. Dr. Andrew Flachs, Assistant Professor of Anthropology, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Prof. Dr. Mayar Luis Ganoza Yupanqui, Universidad Nacional de Trujillo, Facylty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Trujillo, Peru
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. Abdolbaset Ghorbani, Department of Organismal Biology, Systematic Biology Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
Prof. Dr. Hajri Haska, Agricultural University, Faculty of Forestry Science. Tirana, Albania
Dr. Natalia Hanazaki, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina, Depto de Ecologia e Zoologia, Florianópolis, Brazil
Dr. Marifatul Haq, Department of Botany, University of Kashmir, Srinagar, India
Dr. Wahid Hussain, Department of Botany, GPGC Parachinar, Kurram, KP, Pakistan, Pakistan
Dr. Hammad Ahmad Jan, Department of Botany, University of Buner, Swari, Pakistan, Pakistan
Dr. Elaine Joyal, Arizona State University, Tempe, Arizona, USA
Prof. Dr. Zaal Kikvidze, Institute of Ethno-biology and Socio-ecology School of Natural Sciences and Engineering ILIA State University, Tbilisi, Georgia
Dr. Muhammad Nauman Khan, Department of Botany, Islamia College Peshawar, 25120 Peshawar, Pakistan
Prof. Dr. Shujaul Mulk Khan, Department of Plant Sciences Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad-45320, Pakistan
Dr. Suman Karmakar, Department of Botany, Jangipur College, Murshidabad, West Bengal, 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
Dr. Ripu M. Kunwar, Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, Kathmandu, Nepal
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. Bo Liu, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
Dr. Roman Lysiuk, Department of Pharmacognosy and bBtany, Danylo Halytsky Lviv National Medical University, Pekarska str. 69, Lviv, Ukraine, 79010
Prof. Dr. Chunlin Long, Minzu University of China, Beijing, China
Dr. Lukasz Luczaj, Faculty of Biotechnology, University of Rzeszów, Rzeszów, Poland
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. Gonzalo Malca, Senior NMR Applications Scientist Magritek Inc.103 Great Valley Pkwy, Malvern, Pennsylvania 19355 M, USA
Dr. Alfred Maroyi, Botany Department, University of Fort Hare, Private Bag X1314, Alice 5700, South Africa, South Africa
Dr. Will C. McClatchey, Woodland Valley Meadows Farm LLC, Eugene, United States
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. Anely Nedelcheva; Sofia University “St. Kl. Ohridski”, Sofia, Bulgaria
Dr. Nazir A. Pala, Faculty of Forestry, Benhama, Ganderbal, SKUAST-Kashmir (J & K), Srinagar, India
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
Dr. Lukáš Pawera, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Zbynek Polesny, Faculty of Tropical AgriSciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Prague, Czech Republic
Prof. Dr. Victoria Reyes-Garcia, University of Catalonia, Barcelona, Spain
Dr. Inayat Ur Rahman, Department of Botany Govt: Degree College, Madyan Swat, Pakistan, Pakistan
Dr. Sailesh Ranjitkar, N.Gene Solution of Natural Innovation, Kathmandu, Nepal
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
Prof. Dr. Mustafa Sevindik, Osmaniye Korkut Ata University. Faculty of Science and Literature, Department of Biology, Turkey
Prof. Dr. Hassan Sher, Department of Botany, Govt Post Graduate Jahanzeb College Swat Pakistan, Swat Valley, Pakistan
Dr. Renata Soukand, UNIVE, Department of Environmental Sciences, Università Ca' Foscari Venezia, Venice, Italy
Dr. A. Stephen, Department of Botany, St. Joseph's College of Bangalore, Bangalore, India
Prof. Dr. Hui Tag, Department of Botany, Rajiv Gandhi University, Rono Hills, Doimukh-791112, Arunachal Pradesh, INDIA
Dr. Alain Touwaide, UCLA and The Huntington, United States Dr. Nancy J. Turner, University of Victoria, Victoria, Canada
Prof.Dr. MP Tshisikhawe, Associate Professor, Interim HOD - Department of Biological Sciences, Faculty of Science, Engineering and Agriculture, University of Venda, South Africa
Dr. Valentina Savo, University Roma Tre, Department of Science, Viale Marconi, 446, 00146 Rome
Dr. Anna Waldstein, School of Anthropology and Conservation, University of Kent, Canterbury CT2 7NR, UK
Prof. Dr. Caroline S. Weckerle, University of Zürich, Department of Systematic and Evolutionary Botany and Botanical Garden, Zürich. Switzerland
Dr. Steve Wolverton, Department of Geography and the Environment, University of North Texas, Denton, USA
Prof. Yang Xuefei, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, China 650201
Dr. Fu Yao, Kunming Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, 132 Lanhei Road, Kunming, China 650201
