About us

FOCUS AND SCOPE

The Journal publishes, with no charges, original scientific papers, reviews, opinion and scientific notes in various areas of plant biology (taxonomy, systematics, and evolution, physiology, phytochemistry, ultrastructure, cytology, anatomy, morphology, palynology, development, genetics, reproductive biology, ecology, ethnobotany, and phylogeography), and the History of Botany and topics related to Botanical Gardens.
It is recommended that papers submitted to Rodriguésia exceed the simple descriptive approach, revealing interpretation related to morphology, ecology, evolution, or conservation. 
Opinion or review papers may be accepted through voluntary demand or at the request of the editorial board.

The Rodriguésia accepts manuscripts provided that:

• all authors have approved the manuscript submitted;
• the results or ideas presented in the manuscript are original;
• the manuscript has not been submitted to another journal unless that other Journal has refused the manuscript or the author asks that other Journal to withdraw the manuscript from the submission process;
•  the manuscript has been prepared in agreement with the latest version of the Guidelines for Publication in Rodriguésia. 

If accepted and published, the paper (or its parts) cannot be published elsewhere,

• except with the consent of the Editor-in-chief;
• the reproduction and proper use can not receive any profit, presenting educational purposes only.

The Editor-in-chief must examine any other cases.

The scientific content, grammar, and spelling within an paper are the sole responsibility of its author.
The corresponding author can request the withdrawal of his manuscript from the evaluation process at any time, provided he contact by email with the Editor-in-Chief.

Since November 2018, Rodriguésia accepts only manuscripts submitted in English. The authors will be required to send the English language verification certificate by a specialized scientific translator when submitting the manuscript.

Since January 2019, Rodriguésia adopted a yearly continuous publication modality, which is available online on the SciELO database.

Preprints: 

Rodriguésia agrees with the international initiative for a more transparent editorial process, known as Ciência Aberta (Open Access). Thus, manuscripts deposited on a preprint server (SciELO Preprints or bioRxiv) will be considered for publication in Rodriguésia. The peer-review process for papers deposited on preprint servers will follow the rules described in the Peer Review Process.

https://preprints.scielo.org/index.php/scielo

EDITORIAL BOARD

Brazil's Presidency

Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
President

Environmental Ministry and Climate Change

Marina Silva
Minister

João Paulo Capobianco
Executive secretary

Rio de Janeiro Botanical Garden Research Institute

Sergio Besserman Viana
President

Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Dr. Paulo José Guimarães, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 

Assistent Editor
Dr. Karen Lucia De Toni, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil 

Editorial Council

Dr. Jorge E. A. Mariath, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil
Dr. José Alexandre Felizola Diniz Filho, Universidade Federal de Goiás, GO, Brazil
Dr. Leonardo Tavares Salgado, Diretor Substituto de Pesquisa Científica, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil;
Dr. Marccus Vinícius Alves, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, PE, Brazil
Dr. Nicholas Hind, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, Inglaterra
Dr. Renato Goldenberg, Universidade Federal do Paraná, Curitiba, PR, Brazil
Dr. William W. Thomas, The New York Botanical Garden, NY, USA

Area Editors
Dr. Alejandra Vasco, Botanical Research Institute of Texas, Forth Worth, EUA
Dr. Alina Freire Fierro, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi, Latacunga, Equador
Dr. Alvaro Idarraga Piedrahíta, Jardín Botánico de Medellín, Medellín, Colômbia
Dr. André Rodrigo Rech, Universidade Federal de Uberlândia, MG, Brazil
Dr. Bruno Rosado, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dr. Cássia Mônica Sakuragui, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dr. Diego Ismael Rocha, Universidade Federal de Viçosa, MG, Brazil
Dr. Fernando O. Zuloaga, Instituto de Botânica Darwinion, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. Gabriel Bernadello, Universidade Nacional de Córdoba, Córdoba, Argentina
Dr. Georgia Pacheco Peters de Almeida, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dr. Gustavo Hiroaki Shimizu, Universidade Estadual de Campinas, SP, Brazil
Dr. Hector Alejandro Keller, Instituto de Botanica del Nordeste, Corrientes, Argentina
Dr. Ivón M. Ramírez Morillo, Centro de Investigación Cientifica de Yucatan, Mérida, México
Dr. Jerônimo Boelsums Barreto Sansevero, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dr. João Paulo Basso Alves, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dr. Juliana Villela Paulino, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dr. Lana da Silva Sylvestre, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dr. Laura Calvillo Canadell, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cidade do México, México
Dr. Leandro Freitas, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dr. Leandro Giacomini, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, PA, Brazil
Dr. Leopoldo C. Baratto, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dr. Liz Karen Ruiz, Universidad de Cundinamarca, Cundinamarca, Colômbia
Dr. Luiz Menini Neto, Centro de Ensino Superior de Juiz de Fora, Juiz de Fora, MG, Brazil
Dr. Marcelo R. Pace, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Cidade do México, México
Dr. Marcelo Freire Moro, Universidade Federal do Ceará, CE, Brazil
Dr. Marcelo Reginato, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, RS, Brazil
Dr. Marcelo Schramm Mielke, Universidade Estadual de Santa Cruz, Ilhéus, BA, Brazil
Dr. Marcelo Trovó Lopes de Oliveira, Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dr. Maria Teresa Aureliano Buril Vital Rodrigues, Universidade Federal Rural de Pernambuco, PE, Brazil
Dr. Mário Luís Garbin, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, ES, Brazil
Dr. Mauricio Alberto Salazar Yepes, Universidad Nacional de Colômbia, Medelin, Colômbia
Dra. Natalia Macedo Ivanauskas, Instituto Florestal do Estado de São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Dr. Nelson Augusto dos Santos Junior, Instituto de Botânica de São Paulo, SP, Brazil
Dr. Nicolay Cunha, Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso do Sul, Campo Grande, MS, Brazil
Dr. Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, Universidade Federal do Oeste da Bahia, BA, Brazil
Dr. Pedro Viana, Museu Paraense Emílio Goeldi, PA, Brazil
Dr. Rafael Carvalho da Costa, Universidade Federal do Ceará, Fortaleza, CE, Brazil
Dr. Raúl Pozner, Instituto de Botânica Darwinion, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Dr. Simon Mayo, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Inglaterra
Dr. Simone de Pádua Teixeira, Universidade de São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, SP, Brazil
Dr. Tatiana Carrijo, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, Alegre, ES, Brazil
Dr. Thais Elias Almeida, Universidade Federal do Oeste do Pará, PA, Brazil
Dr. Thalia Morales Rojas, Universidad Técnica de Cotopaxi, Latacunga, Equador
Dr. Thelma Veiga Ludwig, Universidade Federal do Paraná, PR, Brazil
Dr. Valquíria Ferreira Dutra, Universidade Federal do Espírito Santo, ES, Brazil
Dr. Viviane Stern da Fonseca Kruel, Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil
Dr. William Milliken, Royal Botanical Gardens, Kew, Inglaterra

Editorial management
Carla Molinari
Simone Bittencourt
Fernando Schulz

Cover / Web design / Photos editing
Simone Bittencourt

Online edition
Carla Molinari
Simone Bittencourt

ABOUT THE NAME RODRIGUESIA

“As many countries seek to immortalize the names of  their more outstanding scientists, we made Barbosa Rodriguesthe patronofthis publication,inspired by examples such as Candollea (De Candolle),Ostenia  (Osten), Bonplandia (Bonpland), Hedwigia (Hedwig), Malpighia (Malpighi), Broteria (Felix Brotero), from Switzerland, Germany, Italy and Portugal,respectively,to cite just a few. Thistribute to the famous, internationally known,Brazilian botanist willensure that he is always rememberedby the circulation of this journal, within our country and overseas.”
(Composing Comission: P. Campos Porto, Fernando R. da Silveira, Leonam de A. Penna.Presentation. Rodriguesia. V.1.N1.Winter of 1935.p.1-2)

Rodriguesia, like all scientific periodicals, has a history. When we examine the contents of the journal during its 75 years of existence, the themes, theories and concepts of the articles reveal to us the inevitable  relationship of editorial projects to actors involved and scientific debate in different periods of history.

The Instituto de Pesquisas Jardim Botânico do Rio de Janeiro began publishing  Rodriguesia 26 years after the death of former director João Barbosa Rodrigues (1842-1909), an illustrious botanist who was a pivotal figure within the institution, responsible for creating the herbarium (today, the largest in Brazil), a museum and restructuring the arboretum.