Alexander Auch & Daniel Huson, ZBIT, Algorithms in Bioinformatics, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen

Thomas Denk, Senior Curator, Swedish Museum of Natural History, Department of Palaeobotany, Stockholm

Markus Göker, Special Botany Department, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen

Vera Hemleben, ZMBP, General Genetics, Eberhard-Karls-University, Tübingen

Martin Langer, Institute of Palaeontology, University of Bonn

Susanne Renner, Chair of Systematic Botany, LMU, Munich

Gerald Schneeweiß, Botanical Institute, Department of Biogeography, Vienna University

Alexandros Stamatakis, LCBB, School of Computer & Communication Sciences, EPFL, Lausanne