Instructions for Authors 
Telopea is published twice a year. It covers systematic botany in Australia and the Asia-Pacific region 
specialising in the flora of New South Wales. Short Communications are welcome (see previous issues 
for format). 
Deadlines for the submission of papers are 1 June (for the first issue the following year) and 1 November 
(for the second issue). 
Authors are expected to have their papers peer-reviewed before submission. All papers will be refereed. 
Supply full contact details for main author. One hard copy should accompany an electronic file along 
with originals or electronic files of photographs and figures. 
Formatting 
• The title should be explicit and descriptive of the content; a short running head and an abstract (except 
for Short Communications) should be included. 
• Check most recent issue for format. The Macquarie Dictionary , latest edition, and the Style Manual for 
Authors, Editors and Printers, latest edition, should be consulted for spelling, abbreviations, units and 
other conventions. 
• References in the text should be made by giving the author's name with the year of publication in 
parentheses. For reference list at end of paper see papers in the latest issue for style. Titles of journals 
should be given in full. 
• An index to taxa is useful if the paper is large and deals with many species and synonyms. The author 
should prepare the basic alphabetic listing including all names in recent use. 
Citations 
• Cite Type details in full, giving details from protologue and from specimen label separately if there 
are important differences. Type citations should be in a consistent format, e.g: Type: New South Wales: 
North Western Plains: 10 km W of Moree (29°08'S 129°48'E), B. Wiccek 1250, 2 Jan 1989; lecto NSW 
(Weston 1990: 21); isolecto K, MO. 
• Cite no more than 20 (except for very widely distributed species) and arrange by Botanical Divisions^ 
Use accepted format: locality, collector & number, date (herbarium code plus institutiona nun ~ l <|r i 
there is no collector’s number) Only latitudes and longitudes on the original labels should e me u e 
Give dates in the following format: 12 Jan 1987,2 Jun, 30 Jul, 10 Dec etc. 
Supply of Artwork 
• In the finished journal, we do not allow figures to extend beyond the journal margins. 
• Captions and scale bars for figures should be checked against the artwork for consistency. If scale bars 
or lettering need to be added, they should be clearly marked on a photocopy of the artwork. 
Measurements of scale bars should be provided in millimetres. The use of Times magni ica ion or 
scale is discouraged because layout can affect final size. 
• Line Art @1200 dpi, Greyscale Art @300dpi resolution in eps or tiff format please — cdx, pict, bmp, 
wmf will not be accepted.Authors wishing to submit other types of files will need to contact the General 
Editor. 
• Files from ArcView 3.1 are acceptable if exported from the layout as Postscript New (eps) at 720 dpi 
resolution. This must be specified in the options box, 
• At the above resolutions, graphic file size will usually exceed 1.2 Mb and therefore will nottransport 
via email or on a floppy disk. Please supply graphics either on a 100 Mb zip is or urn o 
CD. Macintosh platform preferred. 
• Graphics embedded in Microsoft Word, Excel and Power Point will not be accepted. Items should be 
saved in the graphic formats tiff and eps as for Line art and Greyscale art. 
Artwork supplied as hard copy only 
• Artwork supplied should be no larger than A4 (21 cm wide). Any larger images should be brought to 
the attention of Scientific Editor to see if they need to be outsourced or reduced. 
• Hard copy Artwork should be complete and legible as no changes to hard copy artwork can be made 
post scanning. Any images requiring special treatment (eg old maps) should be brought to the attention 
of the Scientific Editor prior to acceptance of the paper. 
Tables 
• Tables should preferably be portrait rather than landscape shape (i.e. taller rather than wider). Column 
headings should be brief. Each table must be referred to in the text and its approximate position should 
be indicated in the margin of the manuscript. 
