Focus on your findings, not the layout. The Australian Systematic Botany template sets up the full manuscript structure for you.
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Authored by Sumalatha Gangadhar | Published on 28 September, 2026
Use this Australian Systematic Botany template when the manuscript has to match that journal before you upload it.
It is the writing shell for Australian Systematic Botany: title and authors, the abstract, the body, declarations, figures, and the reference list.
An Australian Systematic Botany submission has a title page with authors and affiliations, an abstract, keywords, the main text for your article type, declarations, the reference list, and figures and tables. This page does not invent a word limit. Where a rule is not listed below, it was not confirmed.
Open the journal's current author guide before you upload.
The sections an Australian Systematic Botany submission is built from, in order: title page, abstract, keywords, main text, declarations, references, figures, and tables. It does not replace the journal's own checklist.
| Element | Australian Systematic Botany requirement |
|---|---|
| Abstract | Not specified in the official author guidelines |
| Main text | Organize sections for the chosen article type; no single overall word limit is stated in the accessible guide |
| Declarations | Ethics approval/consent as applicable; competing interests; funding; data availability |
| Figures/tables | Publication-ready; cited in order |
| Supplemental | Upload separately when used |
| Keywords | Not specified in the official author guidelines |
| References | Citation style not stated in the accessible author guidelines; match recent articles and any editor instructions |
| Peer review | Peer reviewed; blind model not specified in the official author guidelines |
| Submission | journal submission portal (see author guide) |
Reference managers format Australian Systematic Botany citations with the International Journal of Wildland Fire reference style, with author and year in the text and an alphabetical reference list. Zotero and Mendeley list it as "Australian Systematic Botany" in the open Citation Style Language database.
In-text citation: (Smith and Patel 2021) for a two-author article, (Garcia 2019) for a single-author book.
Reference list entries:
These examples show the pattern, not real sources. If the author guide gives a different rule for DOIs or for how many authors to list before et al., follow the guide.
Open the author guide once before you draft and once before you upload. Match a recent Australian Systematic Botany paper for depth, headings, and figure style.
Then submit on the journal's portal, not from this page.