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Botanical Society of America

The Botanical Society of America (BSA) represents professional and amateur botanists, researchers, educators and students in over 80 countries of the world. It functions as a United States nonprofit 501(c)(3) membership society.[4]

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.[5] The organizing principles of the society were the enhancement of the study of plants in North America and to professionalize such efforts.[6] In 1906, the organization merged with the Society for Plant Morphology and Physiology and the American Mycological Society.[7]

Sections

The society has 16 special interest sections:

Former presidents

Former presidents of the society have included:

Publications

The society publishes the following scientific journals:

References

  1. ^ "Botanical Society of America – About the BSA". Botany.org. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  2. ^ http://www.botany.org/bsa/membership/council2012/a_summary.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ http://www.botany.org/bsa/membership/council2012/treasurer.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ Botanical Society of America website
  5. ^ 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.
  6. ^ Smocovitis, Vassiliki Betty (2006). "One hundred years of American botany: a short history of the Botanical Society of America." Archived 2016-02-11 at the Wayback Machine American Journal of Botany 93(7): 942-952. doi: 10.3732/ajb.93.7.942
  7. ^ "An Historical Overview of the BSA". Archived from the original on 4 February 2007.
  8. ^ Rudolph, Emanuel D. (1982). "Women in Nineteenth Century American Botany; A Generally Unrecognized Constituency". American Journal of Botany. 69 (8): 1353. doi:10.1002/j.1537-2197.1982.tb13382.x. JSTOR 2442761.

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