Plant Biosystems is the research journal edited by the Società Botanica Italiana. Published three times a year, the journal is open to papers dealing with all aspects of plant biology, systematics, and ecology. Research studies containing novel and significant findings, from the molecular level to ecosystems and from micro-organisms to flowering plants, are welcome. Plant Biosystems succeeded " Giornale Botanico Italiano", the historical journal of the Società Botanica Italiana, from the year 1997.
Plant Biosystems has been conceived in consideration of the recent progress in botanical research. An editorial board has been devised to ensure that all the main trends of contemporary plant science are represented. Manuscripts are classified as 'Full Paper', 'Rapid Report' or 'Short Communication'. A Rapid Report is intended for publication, in a concise form, of new and relevant findings. The classification as Rapid Report is determined by the Editor. A Short Communication (no more than two printed pages) is for a concise but independent report. It is not intended for publication of preliminary results. Review articles are also published, but only upon invitation by the Editor. An international panel of highly qualified referees warrants the highest scientific standard.

Editor in Chief 
Carlo Blasi, Sapienza University of Rome 

Editors 
Maria Maddalena Altamura, Sapienza University of Rome 
Gianluigi Bacchetta, University of Cagliari 
Donato Chiatante, University of Insubria 
Ferruccio Poli, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna 

Consultant Editors 
Giovanni Cristofolini, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna 
Francesco Maria Raimondo, University of Palermo 
Consolata Siniscalco, University of Turin
Subject Editors 
Plant Cell, Physiology and Histology 
Stefania Biondi, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna 
Maria Beatrice Bitonti, University of Calabria 
Salvatore Cozzolino, University of Naples “Federico II” 
Gian Pietro di Sansebastiano, University of Salento 
Uwe Druege, Leibniz Institute of Vegetable and Ornamental Crops, Großbeeren and Erfurt 
Laura Fattorini, Sapienza University of Rome 
Simon Hiscock, University of Oxford 
Ilse Kranner, University of Innsbruck 
Virginia Lanzotti, University of Naples “Federico II” 
Guido Lingua, University of Piemonte Orientale “Amedeo Avogadro” 
Alessio Papini, University of Florence 
Gabriella Pasqua, Sapienza University of Rome 
Michael Riemann, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology 
Luigi Sanità di Toppi, University of Pisa 
Alessio Valletta, Sapienza University of Rome 
Danny Vereecke, Ghent University 

Plant Taxonomy, Systematics and Conservation 
Michele Aleffi,  University of Camerino 
Narayana R. Bhat, Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research 
Juli Caujapé Castells, Canary Botanical Garden “Viera y Clavijo” 
Giuseppe Fenu, University of Cagliari 
Bozo Frajman, University of Innsbruck 
Gabriele Galasso, Natural History Museum of Milan 
Doerte Harpke, Leibniz Institute of Plant Genetics and Crop Plant Research (IPK), Seeland 
Efisio Mattana, Kew Royal Botanic Gardens, Richmond 
Anna Maria Mercuri, University of Modena e Reggio Emilia 
Lorenzo Peruzzi, University of Pisa 
Theodora Petanidou, University of the Aegean 
Laura Sadori, Sapienza University of Rome 
Federico Selvi, University of Florence 
Errol Vela, University of Montpellier 
Giuseppe Venturella, University of Palermo 

Enviromental Botany, Geobotany and Plant Ecology 
Giovanna Aronne, University of Naples “Federico II” 
Elena Barni, University of Turin 
Edoardo Biondi, Polytechnical University of Marche 
Frédéric Bioret, University of West Brittany, Brest 
Sabina Burrascano, Sapienza University of Rome 
Giulia Capotorti, Sapienza University of Rome 
Andraž Čarni, Research Centre of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts (ZRC SAZU), Ljubljana 
Eric Garnier, National Center for Scientific Research (CNRS), Montpellier 
Laura Celesti Grapow, Sapienza University of Rome 
Peter James de Lange, Unitec Institute of Technology, Auckland 
Romeo Di Pietro, Sapienza University of Rome 
Emmanuele Farris, University of Sassari 
Federico Fernández González, University of Castilla-La Mancha 
Carlo Ferrari, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna 
Javier Jose Loidi Arregui, University of the Basque Country 
Joachim Maes, Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra 
Fausto Manes, Sapienza University of Rome 
Annamaria Persiani, Sapienza University of Rome 
Daniel Sanchez-Mata, Complutense University of Madrid 
Pilar Soriano Guarinos, University of Valencia 
Stefan Zerbe, Free University of Bozen 

Pharmaceutical Botany 
Fabiana Antognoni, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna 
Vincenzo De Feo, University of Salerno 
Thomas Efferth, Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz 
Dejan Gođevac, University of Belgrade (ICTM) 
Bastida Jaume, University of Barcelona 
Manuela Mandrone, Alma Mater Studiorum - University of Bologna 
David Alan Neill, Amazon State University of Puyo 
Manuel J. Rodríguez Ortega, University of Cordoba 
Gianni Sacchetti, University of Ferrara 
Massimo Tacchini, University of Ferrara 
 
Editorial Office 
Sandro Bonacquisti, Raffaella Frondoni, Cristiano Paolini 
Plant Biosystems email: plantbio@societabotanicaitaliana.it