Systematic Botany

{{Short description|Peer-reviewed scientific journal}}

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{{for|the scientific discipline|Plant systematics}}

{{Infobox journal

| title = Systematic Botany

| cover =

| editor = James F. Smith

| discipline = Botany

| former_names =

| abbreviation = Syst. Bot.

| publisher = American Society of Plant Taxonomists

| country = United States

| frequency = Quarterly

| history = 1976–present

| openaccess =

| license =

| impact = 1.897

| impact-year = 2010

| website = https://www.aspt.net/publications/sysbot/

| link1 = http://www.bioone.org/

| link1-name = Online access

| link1-at = BioOne

| link2 = http://www.ingentaconnect.com/content/aspt/sb

| link2-name = Online access

| link2-at = IngentaConnect

| JSTOR = 03636445

| OCLC = 2531771

| LCCN = 76646396

| CODEN = SYBODA

| ISSN = 0363-6445

| eISSN = 1548-2324

}}

Systematic Botany is a peer-reviewed scientific journal covering the study of systematic botany. It is published quarterly by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists.{{cite web |url=https://aspt.net/sysbot/ |title=Systematic Botany |publisher=American Society of Plant Taxonomists|access-date=24 Apr 2018}} According to the Journal Citation Reports, the journal has a 2010 impact factor of 1.897.{{cite book |year=2012 |chapter=Systematic Botany |title=2010 Journal Citation Reports |publisher=Thomson Reuters |edition=Science |series=Web of Science |title-link=Journal Citation Reports }}

Systematic Botany was established in spring 1976 under founding editor-in-chief William Louis Culberson (Duke University).{{Cite journal | title = Front Matter | journal = Systematic Botany | volume = 1 | issue = 1 | year = 1976 }} The current editor-in-chief is James F. Smith (Boise State University).

The American Society of Plant Taxonomists also publishes the peer-reviewed taxonomic monograph series, Systematic Botany Monographs since 1980.{{cite web|url=http://www.scholarly-societies.org/history/SystematicBotanyMonogr.html|title=History of Scholarly Societies: Systematic Botany Monographs |publisher=University of Waterloo|access-date=24 Mar 2012}}