IAPT - International Association for Plant Taxonomy

IAPT is dedicated to organismal biodiversity the extent, recognition, organisation, evolution, and naming of plants and fungi, both living and fossil. To those wishing to be at the forefront of these issues, membership in IAPT will be rewarding. The IAPT maintains the International Bureau for Plant Taxonomy and Nomenclature, and engages in a wide range of activities consistent with its focus.

Information on Membership and Application

The IAPT was founded in 1950 to carry out projects of interest and concern to systematic botanists which require or profit from international cooperation. By 2012, for example, no less than 154 volumes of the series Regnum Vegetabile had been published, including such well-known titles as the numerous editions of the International 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. 1 and 2). In addition, six issues of the journal TAXON are published each year, the annual volume presently consisting of 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.

In addition to TAXON and other obvious benefits of membership, current volumes of the Regnum Vegetabile series are available to members at reduced prices. Our web page lists those volumes still in print.

Membership may be obtained by submitting a printout of the appropriate application form (Student members, all other members) and sent to IAPT Managing office (see address below), with a cheque for the appropriate amount made payable to the IAPT. It is requested that cheque payments be made in EUR or U.S. dollars (in latter case drawn on a U.S. bank). However, facilities are provided to pay by credit card or to an account in Geneva.

IAPT
c/o Institute of Botany, Slovak Academy of Sciences
Managing Secretary: Dipl.-Ing. Eva Senková
Dubravska cesta 9, SK-845 23, Bratislava, SLOVAKIA
TEL.: +421-2-59426-151, FAX: +421-2-59426-150
Email:
 
Membership Application

The membership categories and fees are as follows:

 
¹Includes subscription to Taxon (6 issues per year, ca. 1000 pages); 20% discount on all Regnum Vegetabile volumes; free access to TL-II online; no page charges for publication in Taxon.
²Only for spouses of individual members; all membership rights but no subscription to Taxon.
³Same as regular individual; member must have an address in one of the countries listed here.
⁴All membership rights; statement of Professor required. See special application form on here.
⁵A one-time payment irrespective of previous years of membership.
⁶Same as "Life" but only for spouses of life members; all membership rights but no subscription to Taxon.
⁷Individual members who have attained emeritus status in their proffesion may apply for emeritus status if they have been a memeber for at least three years
⁸Receive the internet version of Taxon only (no paper version); free access to TL-II online; 20% discount on all Regnum Vegetabile volumes; free access to TL-II online; no page charges for publication in Taxon.
⁹Receive free advertising in Taxon (two and four B & W pages per year, respectively).
¹⁰Receive Taxon and all volumes of Regnum Vegetabile at 30% discount in the year for which the membership fee has been paid.
¹¹Receive Taxon and all volumes of Regnum Vegetabile at 50% discount published in the year for which the membership fee has been paid.