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Participating Societies

International Association for Plant Ta\onom~

Main Office: International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenc lature, c/o
Institute o f Botany. Slovak Academy o f Sciences, Bratislava, Slovak Republic,

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\ ision

"Botanical systematics, in the broadest sense, understood and valued by society."

1\lission

"To promote all aspects of botanical systematics and its significance to the Ullderstanding and value of
biodiversity."

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The !APT was founded on July 18, 1950 at the Seventh International Botanical Congress in Stockholm,
Sweden. The Assoc iation promotes an understanding of plant biodiversity, facilitates international
communication of research between botanists, and oversees matters o f uniformity and stability in plant
names.
The !APT is dedicated to organismal biodiversity the extent, recogn ition, organisation, evolution, and
naming of plants and fungi, both living and fossil. T o those wishing to be at the forefront of these issues,
membership in IAPT will be rewarding. The !APT maintains the International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy
and Nomenclature . and engages in a wide range ofactivities consistent with its focus.
The IAPT was founded to carry out projects of interest and concern to systematic botanists which require or
profit from international cooperation. By 2015, for e xample, no less than 157 volumes of the series Regnum
Vegetabile had been published, inc luding such well -known titles as the numerous editions of the
Internationa l Code of Botanical Nomenclature (now International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi,
and plants), the Index Nominum Genericorum, Taxonomic Literature (two editions), and Index Herbariorum
(pt. I and 2). In addition, six issues of the journal TAXON are published each year, the annual volume
presently consisting ofapprox. 1800 pages.
IAPT is responsible for the establishment and functioning of inter-Congress nomenclature committees and
for the organization and execution of the nomenclature sessions at each International Botanical Congress.

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