Nova Hedwigia是一份國際期刊，發表關于隱花植物(包括藍藻/藍藻細菌和真菌)的分類學、形態學、超微結構和生態學等最新問題的原創、同行評議的論文。新星黑德維賈的半色調板以其高質量而聞名，這使得它們特別適合復制顯微照片和掃描和透射電子顯微照片。

Nova Hedwigia is an international journal publishing original, peer-reviewed papers on current issues of taxonomy, morphology, ultrastructure and ecology of all groups of cryptogamic plants, including cyanophytes/cyanobacteria and fungi. The half-tone plates in Nova Hedwigia are known for their high quality, which makes them especially suitable for the reproduction of photomicrographs and scanning and transmission electron micrographs.