Botanical Society of America
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History
The society was first established in 1893 as an outgrowth from the Botanical Club of the American Association for the Advancement of Science at a meeting in Rochester, New York, on August 22, 1892.[2] The organizing principles of the society were the enhancement of the study of plants in North America and to professionalize such efforts.[3] In 1906, the organization merged with the Society for Plant Morphology and Physiology and the American Mycological Society.[4]
Sections
The society has 16 special interest sections:
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Former presidents
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- William Trelease - Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden and the first president of the society
- Nathaniel Lord Britton - Cofounder of the New York Botanical Garden
- Margaret Clay Ferguson - Head of the Department of Botany at Wellesley College and the first female president of the society[5]
- William Francis Ganong - Professor of Botany, Smith College and historian and cartographer of New Brunswick
- Albert S. Hitchcock - Chief Botanist for the USDA
- William Chambers Coker - Founder of the Coker Arboretum at the University of North Carolina
- Katherine Esau - National Medal of Science recipient and namesake of the Katherine Esau Award in structural and developmental biology
- Vernon Cheadle - Chancellor of the University of California, Santa Barbara
- G. Ledyard Stebbins − evolutionary biologist at the University of California, Davis
- Peter H. Raven - Director of the Missouri Botanical Garden
- Loren Rieseberg - Professor of Botany at the University of British Columbia
Publications
The society publishes the following scientific journals:
- American Journal of Botany, since 1914
- Plant Science Bulletin, since 1955
- Applications in Plant Sciences, since 2009
References
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- ↑ Tippo, Oswald (1958). "The Early History of the Botanical Society of America". Fifty Years of Botany. New York: McGraw-Hill. Retrieved 16 September 2012 from Biodiversity Heritage Library.
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External links
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- Archive of Plant Science Bulletin
- Publications by the Botanical Society of America at the Biodiversity Heritage Library
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- Botanical Society of America
- Professional associations based in the United States
- Missouri Botanical Garden
- Natural Science Collections Alliance members
- Non-profit organizations based in St. Louis
- 501(c)(3) organizations
- Organizations established in 1893
- 1893 establishments in New York (state)
- Botany in North America