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Editorial Board

Editor-in-Chief
Andrea Pieroni, PhD, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Pollenzo, Italy

Senior Editors
Arshad M. Abbasi, PhD, COMSATS Institute of Information Technology, Pakistan
Rainer Bussmann, PhD, The State Museum of Natural History Karlsruhe, Germany
Alejandro Casas Fernández, PhD, National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico
Alfred Maroyi, PhD, University of Fort Hare, South Africa  
Patrícia Muniz de Medeiros, PhD, Federal University of Alagoas, Brazil
John R. Stepp, PhD, University of Florida, USA 
Ina Vandebroek, PhD, The University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica

Associate Editors
Mushtaq Ahmad, PhD, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad, Pakistan
Romulo Alves, PhD, State University of Paraiba, Brazil
Guillermo Benítez Cruz, PhD, University of Granada, Spain
Ulysses Paulinho de Albuquerque, PhD, Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil
Natalia Hanazaki, PhD, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil
Chunlin Long, PhD, Chinese Academy of Sciences and Minzu University of China, China 
Lukasz Luczaj, PhD, University of Rzeszow, Poland
Fawzi Mahamoodally, PhD, University of Mauritius, Mauritius  
Benno Meyer-Rochow, PhD, University of Oulu, Finland  
Zsolt Molnár, PhD, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Nivaldo Peroni, PhD, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Brazil  
Lisa Leimar Price, PhD, Oregon State University, USA
Cassandra L. Quave, PhD, Emory University, USA
Victoria Reyes-Garcia, PhD, Catalan Institute for Research and Advanced Studies (ICREA), Spain
Renata Sõukand, PhD, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Ingvar Svanberg, PhD, Uppsala University, Sweden
Nancy Turner, PhD, University of Victoria, Canada
Joan Vallès, PhD, University of Barcelona, Spain 
Tinde van Andel, PhD, Leiden University, The Netherlands  
Christian R. Vogl, PhD, University for Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Austria
Erdem Yesilada, PhD, Yeditepe University, Turkey

Editorial Board
Mohammed S. Ali-Shtayeh, PhD, Biodiversity and Environmental Research Center, Palestinian Authority 
Muhammad Abdul Aziz, PhD, Independent Scientist, Pakistan
Adeyemi Oladapo Aremu, PhD, North-West University, Mmabatho, South Africa
Achille Assogbadjo, PhD, University of Abomey-Calavi, Benin
Daniel Babai, PhD, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Hungary
Henrik Balslev, PhD, University of Aarhus, Denmark 
Kumar A. Bharati, PhD, Central National Herbarium, India
Hugo J. de Boer, PhD, University of Oslo, Norway
Piero Bruschi, PhD, University of Florence, Italy
Uğur Çakılcıoğlu, PhD, Munzur University, Turkey
Melissa Ceuterick, PhD, University of Ghent, Belgium
Gisela S. Cruz-Garcia, PhD, Oxfam Novib, Netherlands
Alain Cuerrier, PhD, Montreal Botanical Garden, Canada
Mohammad Omar Faruque, PhD, University of Chittagong, Bangladesh
Álvaro Fernández-Llamazares, PhD, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Merlin F. Franco, PhD, Universiti Brunei Darussalam, Brunei
Sandrine Gallois, PhD, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Robbie Hart, PhD, Missouri Botanical Garden, USA     
Ryan Huish, PhD, The University of Virginia's College at Wise, USA
Chandra Prakash Kala, PhD, Indian Institute of Forest Management, India
Raivo Kalle, PhD, Estonian Literary Museum, Estonia
Shujaul Mulk Khan, PhD, Quaid-i-Azam University, Pakistan 
Ripu M. Kunwar, PhD, Ethnobotanical Society of Nepal, Nepal
Monika Kujawska, PhD, University of Lodz, Poland
Ana Ladio, PhD, National University of Comahue, Argentina 
Nicolas Lescureux, PhD, Centre for Functional Evolutionary Biology - CNRS, France
David Ludwig, PhD, Wageningen University & Research, Netherlands    
Tania E. Martinez-Cruz, PhD, University of Greenwich, UK
Giulia Mattalia, PhD, Autonomous University of Barcelona, Spain
Alex C. McAlvay, PhD, New York Botanic Garden, USA 
Mohamed Djamel Miara, PhD, University Ibn Khaldoun Tiaret, Algeria
Nemer E. Narchi, PhD, The College of Michoacán, Mexico
Anely Nedelcheva, PhD, Sofia University "St. Kliment Ohridski", Bulgaria
Mark Nesbitt, PhD, Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, UK
Guillaume Odonne, PhD, Evolution and Interactions of Amazonian Systems-CNRS, France 
Temesgen M. Olango, PhD, Hawassa University, Ethiopia
Narel Y. Paniagua-Zambrana, PhD, Karlsruhe, Germany
Manuel Pardo de Santayana, PhD, University of Madrid, Spain    
Zbyněk Polesný, PhD, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Czech Republic  
Julia Prakofjewa, PhD, Ca' Foscari University of Venice, Italy
Marsha B. Quinlan, PhD, Washington State University, USA
Valentina Savo, PhD, Roma Tre University, Italy
Aung Si, PhD, University of Cologne, Germany
David Stringer, PhD, Indiana University Bloomington, USA
Naji Sulaiman, PhD, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Pollenzo, Italy
Irene Teixidor-Toneu, PhD, University of Oslo, Norway
Gabriele Volpato, PhD, University of Gastronomic Sciences, Pollenzo, Italy
Anna Waldstein, PhD, University of Kent, UK
Yeter Yeşil, PhD, Istanbul University, Turkey
Cheikh Yebouk, PhD, Nouakchott University, Mauritania

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