What Membership Benefits Does IAPT Offer?

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IAPT (the International Association for Plant Taxonomy) membership is open to everyone, and joining connects you to a global community of nearly 1,000 colleagues across more than 60 countries. The benefits center on community access, professional events, publications, news, and career resources — with additional grant opportunities for students and early-career researchers.

Community and network

  • International, collaborative community: IAPT describes itself as a global association of professional, student, and early-career plant, algal, and fungal taxonomists and systematists. Members join a network of nearly 1,000 colleagues in over 60 countries.
  • Online directory of employment opportunities: Members gain access to a directory of jobs in the field.

Events and professional development

  • Specialist workshops and symposia: Members gain access to workshops and symposia organized by IAPT.
  • International meetings: IAPT organizes symposia at international meetings, both around the world and online.
  • Nomenclature workshop 2026: Listed among current IAPT news, indicating ongoing workshop programming.

Publications and news

  • Taxon: IAPT publishes Taxon, described as the leading international journal devoted to systematics, phylogeny, and taxonomy of algae, fungi, and plants. It is the only place to publish proposals to amend the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants or nomenclatural proposals.
  • Regnum Vegetabile: A book series devoted to systematic and evolutionary biology, with emphasis on plants, algae, and fungi.
  • The Code: IAPT is the publisher and custodian of the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants.
  • News, views, and reviews: Members receive taxonomic and systematic news, opinions, and reviews.

Grants

  • Research and travel grants: IAPT provides competitive grants to students and early-career researchers.

What membership does not automatically include

The available information does not state that membership is free, nor does it detail specific pricing tiers. A "Plans & Pricing" page exists on the site, so check that page for current membership costs and categories before joining.

Who should consider joining

Membership is most relevant if you are a professional, student, or early-career researcher working on the taxonomy, systematics, or nomenclature of algae, fungi, or plants — or if you need to publish nomenclatural proposals, which Taxon is the venue for. If your interest is general botany rather than taxonomy and nomenclature, the publication and Code-related benefits will be less central to you.