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1. MANUSCRIPT FORMAT
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Use capitals for main headings
(centred), in English and Spanish. |
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Write a short title (< 10 words) in the
page header. |
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The title is to be followed by the authors’
names written in lower case, followed by their postal addresses
and e-mail address of the corresponding author. |
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Manuscripts are to be written in Times New
Roman font 12, at one-and-a-half line spacing, right –justified.
The title for each section in capitals letters (centred), and small
capitals (left-justified) for subheadings (example: TREATMENT).
Do not underline. Start the first paragraph of each section
without indentation, but indent all successive paragraphs of that
section, without skipping a line. |
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Number all pages, and number the lines. |
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Write a short title (< 40 characters) in
the page header. |
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The text will normally be organized in the
following sections: ABSTRACT (in English), KEY WORDS (up to 5 words
or terms: do not include words that appear in the title), RESUMEN
(in Spanish), PALABRAS CLAVES (up to 5 words or terms: do not include
words that appear in the title), INTRODUCTION, MATERIALS AND METHODS,
RESULTS, DISCUSSION, ACKNOWLEDGMENTS, REFERENCES. |
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Fusion of RESULTS AND DISCUSSION is discouraged.
Consult the editor if for some reason a different manuscript structure
is required or desired. |
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Use italics for scientific names and
Latinisms. |
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The first time a given species, subspecies
or variety is cited, the full botanical name must be used, including
author(s). Names are to be abbreviated according to R.K. Brummitt
& C.E. Powell (eds) Authors of Plant Names (also in IPNI
http://www.ipni.org/index.html). |
2. TAXONOMIC STUDIES
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Plant names should follow the International
Code of Botanical Nomenclature. |
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The bibliography in scientific names must be
written like in Example 1. |
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Species entries are organized as follows: name,
Latin diagnosis (if necessary), description, distribution, specimens
examined. The commentaries follow the same order, e.g., diagnostic
characteristics, distinction from similar species variation, distribution
and ecology, nomenclature and typification, uses. |
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If the author of the paper submitted is making
the lectotypification, the phrase “designated here”
is used. |
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Exclamation points are used for specimens examined,
and types not seen are indicated as such (e.g., CONC!, SGO not seen). |
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One paragraph per basionym is used as follows: |
Example 1: Acaena venulosa Griseb. Syst. Bemerk.
30, 1854. Acaena laevigata W.T.Aiton var. venulosa (Griseb.)
Reiche, Anales Univ. Chile 98: 171. 1897. Acaena magellanica (Lam.)
Vahl subsp. venulosa (Griseb.) Bitter, Biblioth. Bot. 17(74):
168. 1910. Acaena magellanica (Lam.) Vahl subsp. venulosa
(Griseb.) Bitter var. glabrescens Bitter, Biblioth. Bot. 17(74):
168. 1910. TIPO: Chile. “Penins. Brunswick: in collibus pr. Sandy
Point, m. Octobri.” Lechler 978c. (lectotypus, designated
here, M!; isotypus B!).
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Synonyms based on different types
are placed in separate paragraphs, each beginning with the basionym,
followed by other combinations (if appropriate), and citation of
the type. |
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A brief Latin diagnosis for each new taxon
is provided rather than a complete Latin description. |
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Use the metric system of weights and measures,
separating decimals with a dot for texts in English (0.5), or with
a comma (0,5) if the language is Spanish. |
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Use an indented format for plant identification
keys. |
3. FIGURES
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Figures (graphs, drawings and photographs)
are to be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals. |
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Figures made by multiples images, must be named
correlatively, eg. Figs. 1a, 1b, 1c, etc. |
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Do not put a frame around graphs. |
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Drawings must be of high contrast, high quality,
with lines of appropriate thickness for reduction, and must include
a scale. |
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Use Metric System for units and symbols, separate
the decimals with point (0.5) for English text, and with comma (0,5)
for Spanish text. |
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The photos (b & w or colour) must be scanner
with high resolution (> 300 dpi), images format (jpg, giff, bmp,
etc.) separated, label with the principal author name (e.g. Pérez
fig1.jpg) |
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The figure captions are to appear together
on a separate sheet at the end of the text, in Spanish an d English. |
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Captions should be concise but informative:
readers should not have to consult the text to make sense of the
Figure. |
4. TABLES
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Tables are to be numbered consecutively
with roman numerals, and headed by a concise caption. |
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Captions should be concise but informative:
readers should not have to consult the test to make sense of the
table. |
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Tables must be created with the Word table
editor (i.e. do not use tabs and spaces to create tables). |
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Each table starts on a separate sheet. |
5. STUDIED MATERIALS
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Data for the plant material studied
should be ordered in the following sequence: Country (in CAPITALS);
Region; Province (Prov.); locality; date; surname of collector and
sample number; abbreviation of the herbarium where the material
has been deposited (in CAPITALS and in parentheses). Example: CHILE,
Region of Atacama, Prov. Huasco, road from Vallenar to San Felix,
km 45, 24-VII-1984, Pérez & Rojas (CONC); etc. If many
species are dealt with, an index of scientific names and an index
of collectors must be included at the end of the text. |
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If there are a large number, an index to specimens
examined is placed at the end of the paper, following the Literature
Cited. It is arranged alphabetically by collector, followed by collection
number, followed by the number of the taxon in the text. Names (including
initial(s)) of first and second collector are provided, “et
al.” if three or more. |
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6. VOUCHERS AND GENETIC SEQUENCES
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If the paper presents original
data, associated herbarium vouchers are cited. |
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Nucleic acid or protein sequences corresponding
to equal or greater than 50 nucleotides are entered into an appropriate
data bank, e.g., GenBank/EMBL. The accession numbers are provided
before publication. |
7. CITATIONS
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The list of REFERENCES is to include
only the references cited in the text, ordered alphabetically by
the author’s surname, listed without enumeration. The authors
must be written in small capitals (SMALL CAPITALS). |
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Do not abbreviate journal names, and list the
volume number without specifying the issue. |
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Citations in the text must include the author’s
surname and the year, without a comma in between (e.g. Smith 1952,
1956, 1960). If there are two authors, use ampersand (e.g. Marticorena
& Quezada 1985). If there are more than two authors, name only
the first, followed by “et al.” (e.g. Stuessy
et al. 1991). If there are several articles by the same author in
the same year, use letters to identify the respective publications
(e.g. Reich et al. 1998a, 1998b, 1998c). |
For journals:
RUIZ, E., CRAWFORD, D.J., STUESSY, T.F., GONZÁLEZ, F., SAMUEL,
R., BECERRA, J., & M. SILVA. 2004. Phylogenetic relationships and
genetic divergence among endemic species of Berberis, Gunnera, Myrceugenia
and Sophora of the Juan Fernandez Islands (Chile) and their continental
progenitors based on isozymes and nrITS sequences. Taxon 53(2): 321-332.
For books:
COOKE, R.C. & J.M. WHIPPS. 1993 . Ecophysiology of Fungi. Blackwell
Scientific Publications,
London. 337 pp.
For book chapters:
STUESSY, T. & C. TAYLOR. 1995. Evolución de la flora chilena.
En: Flora de Chile, vol. 1. (eds. C. Marticorena & R. Rodríguez
), pp. 85-118. Ediciones Universidad de Concepción, Concepción,
Chile.
For theses (acceptable only when no alternative source is available):
SCHULTZ, A. 2000. Fine root architecture of Arabidopsis under
the influence of increased CO2 concentration. PhD thesis, University of
Köln, Germany.
For web pages:
SHACKLE, L. 1998. Citing Electronic Resources. Arizona State University
Libraries. URL:
http://www.asu.edu/lib/noble/library/cit_elec.htm
Viewed: September 30, 1999.
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Do not cite conference proceedings. |
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A maximum of 30 words is considered.
BRIEF COMMUNICATIONS
In addition to regular papers (see below), GAYANA BOTANICA welcomes
Brief Communications of up to 1,500 words. This type of article is suitable
for rapid publication of specific observations of regional interest, comments
on other articles published in the journal, and studies based on small
data sets involving few variables.
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The text include title, author(s),
address (s), resumen (Spanish), text, acknowledgments and literature
cited. |
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The authors’ names written in lower case,
followed by their postal addresses and e-mail address of the corresponding
author. |
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Do not include key words. |
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The title is to be written in upper case in
both Spanish and English, and must clearly express the essence of
the paper, e.g. “NEW SOUTHERN LIMIT FOR NOTHOFAGUS GLAUCA
(PHIL.) KRASSER". |
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A brief (< 50 word) abstract in Spanish
only is to appear immediately below the authors names. |
ELECTRONIC REPRINTS
The corresponding author will be sent an electronic version (PDF) of his
or her paper published in GAYANA BOTANICA. This measure, which
replaces traditional hardcopy reprints, will enable the author to disseminate
his or her work without incurring mailing costs.
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