The Journal of Tropical and Subtropical Botany（ISSN1005－3395，CN 44－1374/Q）is a national bimonthly periodical in Chinese, co-sponsored by South China Botanical Garden (CAS) and Guangdong Botanical Society. It priorly carries new discovering, methods and technology discovered in tropical and subtropical regions related with botany, ecology, environmental science and their inter-disciplines, and meanwhile papers done in different climate regions are welcome. Papers in fields of Global Climate Change and Ecosystem Service, Plant Systematic & Evolutionary Biology, Environmental Degradation & Ecological Restoration, Biodiversity Conservation & Sustainable Utilization, Agriculture Food Quality & Safety and Phytochemical Resources, Sustainable Use of Plant & Gene Resource, Energy Plants Exploitation are particularly welcome. The journal includes columns of original research papers, quick communication, reviews, comment, book introductions and conference reports.

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