Novon publishes peer reviewed, short articles, whose primary purpose is the establishment of nomenclature in vascular plants and bryophytes.
CONTENTS OF NOVON 16(1)
Inclusion of Siniain Sauvagesia (Ochnaceae). Maria do Carmo E. Amaral
Validation of Piper methysticum var. wichmannii(Piperaceae). Wendy L. Applequist and Vincent Lebot
The Esparto Grass Question, A Systematic Approach for a Long Lasting Problem in Stipa L. (Gramineae). Jose Antonio Barrena, Diego Rivera, Francisco Jose Alcara and Concepcion Obon
A New Species of Cyrtopodium (Orchidaceae) from the Cerrado of Central Brazil. Joao A. N. Batista and Luciano de Bem Bianchetti
A New Name in Primula (Primulaceae). Vyacheslav V. Byalt
New Taxa of Anthurium (Araceae) from the Bajo Calima Region, (Valle, Choco) Colombia and Ecuador. Thomas B. Croat, Dorothy C. Bay and Emily D. Yates
Chaetanthera kalinae (Mutisieae, Asteraceae), a New Species from Chile. Alison M. R. Davies
New Combinations in Erica (Ericaceae, Ericoideae) from the High Mountains of East Africa. L. J. Dorr
Typification of Elaeocarpus decipiens (Elaeocarpaceae) and Its New Variety from Taiwan, China. Gao Hui and Tang Ya
A New Species of Cassipourea (Rhizophoraceae) from Western Cameroon. David Kenfack, Moses N. Sainge and Duncan W. Thomas
A New Species and Notes on Drymonia (Gesneriaceae) from Costa Rica. Ricardo Kriebel
Validation of Names at Subspecific Rank in North American Campanulaceae. Thomas G. Lammers
A New Species of Mimosa (Fabaceae, Mimosoideae) from Madagascar. Gabriel Lefevre and Jean Noel Labat
A New Species of Caesalpinia (Leguminosae, Caesalpinioideae) from China. Shijin Li, Dianxiang Zhang and Zhongyi Chen
Bouvardia viticella(Rubiaceae, Spermacoceae), a New Species from the Mixed Temperate Forest of Mexico. Francisco G. Lorea Hernandez and Lucio Lozada Perez
Passiflora sandrae (Passifloraceae), a New Species from Panama. John M. MacDougal
Isolepis tenella, a New Combination in Cyperaceae. A. Muthama Muasya, David A. Simpson and Erik Smets
Neillia includes Stephanandra (Rosaceae). Sang Hun Oh
Conyza sumatrensis var. leiotheca, (Compositae, Astereae), a New Combination for a Common Neotropical Weed. John F. Pruski and Gisela Sancho
Palmorchis caxiuanensis, a New Species of Orchidaceae from Eastern Amazonia, Brazil. Antonio Elielson Sousa da Rocha, Samuel Soares de Almeida and Maria Aparecida Freitas
Phaseolus novoleonensis, a New Species (Leguminosae, Phaseolinae) from the Sierra Madre Oriental, Nuevo Leon, Mexico. Jesus Salcedo C., Jose Alejandro Arroyave, Orlando Toro Ch. and Daniel G. Debouck
Eight New Species of Mandevilla Lindley (Apocynaceae, Apocynoideae) from Brazil. Margareth Ferreira de Sales, Luiza Sumiko Kinoshita and Andre Olmos Simoes
Guianodendron, a New Genus of Leguminosae (Papilionoideae) from South America. Rodrigo Schutz Rodrigues and Ana Maria Goulart de Azevedo Tozzi
Magnolia amabilis, a New Species of Magnoliaceae from Yunnan, China. Sima Yong Kang, Yu Hong, Chen Wen Hong, Shui Yu Min and Wang Yue Hua
A New Name and Three New Combinations in Brazilian Myrtaceae. Marcos Sobral
Arnica lanceolata subsp. prima, the Correct Name for Arnica lanceolata Nuttall subsp. amplexicaulis(Nuttall) Gruezo (Asteraceae, Heliantheae). John L. Strother and Steven J. Wolf
Schumannianthus monophyllus (Marantaceae) A New and Unusual Species from Borneo. Piyakaset Suksathan, Finn Borchsenius and Axel Dalberg Poulsen
Rubiacearum Americanarum Magna Hama Pars XVIII, New Species of Psychotria Subg. Psychotria from Central America and Western South America. Charlotte M. Taylor
A New Species of Eleocharis R. Brown (Cyperaceae) from Southern Brazil. Rafael Trevisan and Ilsi Iob Boldrini
A New Species of the Genus Rhamnus (Rhamnaceae) of China. Yi Zhi Zhao and Li Qing Zhao