《植物》是一本國際植物雜志。每年出版兩期，共320頁。植物學(xué)報的宗旨是出版植物科學(xué)(植物學(xué)、植物學(xué))各主要領(lǐng)域的科學(xué)論文。與其他科學(xué)領(lǐng)域一樣，植物科學(xué)的新發(fā)現(xiàn)和先進分析導(dǎo)致了專門化。然而，由于植物是一個生物實體，當(dāng)植物學(xué)不能完全分解成各個學(xué)科，而這些學(xué)科之間很少或沒有相互聯(lián)系時，植物研究就會取得最好的進展。因此，除了不可缺少的專業(yè)期刊外，還需要其他涵蓋整個領(lǐng)域的期刊。摘要本身不足以在不同領(lǐng)域的植物科學(xué)家之間建立真正的交流。植頓大學(xué)于1948年由弗里德·韋伯教授和費利克斯·j·威德教授(分別為格拉茨大學(xué)植物生理學(xué)研究所和植物學(xué)研究所前任所長)創(chuàng)辦，旨在緩解一般植物科學(xué)期刊的匱乏。

PHYTON is an international botanical journal. Two issues, forming a volume (320 pages), are published annually. The aim of PHYTON is the publication of scientific papers from all major fields of plant science (Botany, Phytology).As in other fields of scientific endeavour, new discoveries and advanced analysis in plant science has resulted in specialization. Since the plant, however, is a biological entity plant research will progress at its best, when Botany does not fully disintegrate into individual disciplines with little or no interconnections among them. Alongside the indispensable specialized journals, therefore, other periodicals are needed which cover the whole field. Abstracts alone are insufficient to establish real communication between plant scientists in the diverse fields.With the aim to alleviate the lack of journals covering the plant science in general, PHYTON was established in 1948 by Prof. Dr. Friedl WEBER and Prof. Dr. Felix J. WIDDER (former heads of the Institute of Plant Physiology and of Botany, respectively, University of Graz).