Moss Flora of China (English Version) Project Guide for Contributors

I. General Description of the Project

1. Introduction
2. Project description
3. Organization
4. Individual participation
5. Review process
6. Publication

II. Guidelines for Authors and Reviewers

1. Purpose of the guidelines
2. Scope and sources of treatments
3. Rationale
4. Submission of manuscript
5. Arrangement of taxa
6. Authorship
7. Keys to taxa
8. Taxonomic treatment
9. New combinations, new names and new taxa
10. Citation of literature in the text
11. Measurements
12. Descriptions
13. Chinese names of mosses
14. Author citations
15. Citation of journals and books
16. Range/distribution/map
17. Citation of Chinese specimens
18. Illustrations
19. Optional miscellanies
20. Related literature

III. Format for species data accumulation

IV. Sample Treatment

Appendices

1. Moss families arranged alphabetically
2. International Editorial Committee
3. A list of Chinese author's address