Taxon (journal)

*Taxon*
Discipline	Plant taxonomy
Language	English
Edited by	Dirk C. Albach
Publication details
History	1952–present
Publisher	Wiley on behalf of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy
Frequency	Bimonthly
Open access	Hybrid
Impact factor	2.680 (2020)
Standard abbreviations;
ISO 4	Taxon
Indexing;
CODEN	TAXNAP
ISSN	0040-0262 (print); 1996-8175 (web);
LCCN	sf81002028
JSTOR	00400262
OCLC no.	693163107
Links
	Journal homepage; Online access; Online archive;

Taxon is a bimonthly peer-reviewed scientific journal covering plant taxonomy. It is published by Wiley on behalf of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy, of which it is the official journal. It was established in 1952 and is the only place where nomenclature proposals and motions to amend the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (except for the rules concerning fungi) can be published.^[1]^[2] The editor-in-chief is Dirk C. Albach (University of Oldenburg).

^ Turland, NJ; Wiersema, JH; Barrie, FR; et al., eds. (2018). "DIVISION III: PROVISIONS FOR GOVERNANCE OF THE CODE - PROVISION 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS FOR GOVERNANCE OF THE CODE". International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Shenzhen Code) adopted by the Nineteenth International Botanical Congress Shenzhen, China, July 2017. Regnum Vegetabile. Vol. 159. Glashütten: Koeltz Botanical Books. doi:10.12705/Code.2018. ISBN 978-3-946583-16-5.
^ "IAPT Publications - Taxon". Homepage. International Association for Plant Taxonomy. Retrieved 2019-03-19.