''Castanea, The Journal of the Southern Appalachian Botanical Society'', is a biannual,
peer-reviewed
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scientific journal
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Content
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published by the
Southern Appalachian Botanical Society
The Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (formerly the Southern Appalachian Botanical Club) is an American botanical society formed in 1935 at West Virginia University. The focus of the society has gradually changed and now includes the botany of ...
. It was established in 1936 and covers the
botany
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of the eastern
United States
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, in particular
systematics
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,