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| Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens | |
|---|---|
| Title | Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens |
| Discipline | Botany |
| Language | English |
| Abbreviation | J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. |
| Publisher | State Herbarium of South Australia |
| Country | Australia |
| History | 1979–present |
| Frequency | Irregular |
| Issn | 0816-0536 |
Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens is a peer-reviewed scientific periodical published by the State Herbarium of South Australia and associated institutions in Adelaide, South Australia. The journal specializes in systematic botany, taxonomic revisions, floristic accounts, and nomenclatural notes with a regional emphasis on Australia and the Australasian realm, while engaging with international botanical scholarship from institutions such as the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and the New York Botanical Garden. Contributors have included staff and collaborators from the Australian National Herbarium, CSIRO, the University of Adelaide, and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.
The journal was established in 1979 under the auspices of the South Australian Museum and the State Herbarium of South Australia, reflecting institutional initiatives similar to those of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the National Herbarium of Victoria. Early editors and contributors drew on networks linking the University of Adelaide, Flinders University, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), and botanical gardens such as the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne. Over successive decades the journal published floristic treatments that paralleled work at the Australian National Botanic Gardens and collaborations with international centers including the Smithsonian Institution, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
The journal focuses on systematic botany, including taxonomic monographs, species descriptions, keys, typification, and nomenclatural clarifications, aligning subject matter found in publications from the Missouri Botanical Garden, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Herbarium Berolinense. It regularly features research on Australasian taxa such as Proteaceae, Myrtaceae, Fabaceae, Orchidaceae, and Asteraceae, with contributions that intersect with the work of the Australian National Herbarium, the Queensland Herbarium, the Western Australian Herbarium, and the Tasmanian Herbarium. Geographic coverage encompasses South Australia, New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, Western Australia, Tasmania, the Northern Territory, Papua New Guinea, New Caledonia, and Pacific Island floras studied in collaboration with the Pacific Regional Environment Programme and the University of the South Pacific.
Published irregularly by the State Herbarium of South Australia and historically produced in partnership with the South Australian Museum, the journal has an editorial board comprising curators and taxonomists affiliated with institutions such as the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, the National Herbarium of New South Wales, and the Australian National Herbarium. Editors have included personnel seconded from the University of Adelaide, Flinders University, CSIRO, and visiting scholars from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. Format has ranged from numbered fascicles to bound volumes; issues have been cited alongside series from the Flora of Australia, Kew Bulletin, Telopea, Muelleria, and Austrobaileya.
The journal has published specialist revisions and new species descriptions that have been cited in floras and checklists produced by the Australian Biological Resources Study, the Atlas of Living Australia, and the International Plant Names Index. Significant contributions include taxonomic treatments of Proteaceae and Myrtaceae that complement work at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne and the Western Australian Herbarium, orchid revisions echoing studies from the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the New York Botanical Garden, and records relevant to conservation lists maintained by the IUCN and the Threatened Species Scientific Committee. Authors have included botanists linked to CSIRO, the Australian National University, the University of Tasmania, and the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research.
Back issues and selected articles have been made available through institutional repositories at the State Herbarium of South Australia and library collections such as the National Library of Australia and university libraries including the University of Adelaide and the Australian National University. Indexing and citations appear in botanical databases and bibliographies maintained by the Australian Biological Resources Study, the International Plant Names Index, and bibliographic services used by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Missouri Botanical Garden. Libraries and herbaria such as the National Herbarium of New South Wales, the Western Australian Herbarium, and the Tasmanian Herbarium hold physical and microfiche copies.
The journal is respected within Australasian systematic botany circles and referenced alongside publications from Kew, the Missouri Botanical Garden, and national herbaria in Australia. Its species descriptions and nomenclatural notes contribute to nomenclatural stability relied upon by conservation agencies such as the IUCN, the Australian Government Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, and state-level environmental departments. Collaborative works published in the journal have informed floristic inventories, herbarium curation practices at institutions including the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the National Herbarium of Victoria, and taxonomic syntheses used by researchers at the Australian National Herbarium, CSIRO, and universities across Australia.
Category:Botany journals Category:Publications established in 1979 Category:Flora of Australia journals