The publication publishes the results of research in various fields of fundamental botany: taxonomy, phylogeny, floristry, geobotany, morphology, structural botany, plant physiology; articles devoted to the protection of the plant world; reviews of major domestic and foreign works on botany; newsreels on scientific events (symposia, conferences, etc.); personalities; information on the activities of the Russian Botanical Society, the most important botanical news, botanical travels; articles on the history of botany.