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Botanical Society of America
Abbreviation	BSA
Formation	1893
Type	Non-profit; NGO
Purpose	"Promote botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere."
Headquarters	St. Louis, Missouri, United States
Membership	3,059
President	Andrea Wolfe (2017–2020)
President Elect	Linda Watson (2018–2021)
Budget	$1.63 million
Website	www.botany.org

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:

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^[8]
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

^ "Botanical Society of America – About the BSA". Botany.org. Archived from the original on 2016-06-15. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
^ "A Summary" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-04.
^ "Treasurers report July 2012 take 2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-08.
^ "Home". www.botany.org. Retrieved 2024-10-28.
^ 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.
^ Smocovitis, Vassiliki Betty (April 20, 2006), "One hundred years of American botany: a short history of the Botanical Society of America", American Journal of Botany, vol. 93, no. 7, pp. 942–952, doi:10.3732/ajb.93.7.942, archived from the original on February 11, 2016.
^ "An Historical Overview of the BSA". Archived from the original on 4 February 2007.
^ 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.

External links

Official website
Archive of Plant Science Bulletin
Publications by the Botanical Society of America at the Biodiversity Heritage Library

[1] "Botanical Society of America – About the BSA". Botany.org. Archived from the original on 2016-06-15. Retrieved 2012-09-17.

[2] "A Summary" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-07-04.

[3] "Treasurers report July 2012 take 2" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2017-07-08.

[4] "Home". www.botany.org. Retrieved 2024-10-28.

[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 (April 20, 2006), "One hundred years of American botany: a short history of the Botanical Society of America", American Journal of Botany, vol. 93, no. 7, pp. 942–952, doi:10.3732/ajb.93.7.942, archived from the original on February 11, 2016.

[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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