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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. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
^ http://www.botany.org/bsa/membership/council2012/a_summary.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ http://www.botany.org/bsa/membership/council2012/treasurer.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}
^ Botanical Society of America website
^ 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 (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
^ "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

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[1] "Botanical Society of America – About the BSA". Botany.org. Retrieved 2012-09-17.

[2] ttp://www.botany.org/bsa/membership/council2012/a_summary.pdf ^{[bare URL PDF]}

[3] ttp://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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v t e Presidents of the Botanical Society of America
1894–1924	William Trelease (1894) Charles Edwin Bessey (1895) John Merle Coulter (1896) Nathaniel Lord Britton (1897) Lucien Marcus Underwood (1898) Benjamin Lincoln Robinson (1899) Byron Halsted (1900) Joseph Charles Arthur (1901) Beverly Thomas Galloway (1902) Charles Reid Barnes (1903) Robert Almer Harper (1904) William Ashbrook Kellerman (1905) Franklin Sumner Earle (1906) George Francis Atkinson (1907) William Francis Ganong (1908) Roland Thaxter (1909) Erwin Frink Smith (1910) William Gilson Farlow (1911) Lewis Ralph Jones (1912) Douglas Houghton Campbell (1913) A. S. Hitchcock (1914) John Merle Coulter (1915) Robert Almer Harper (1916) Frederick Charles Newcombe (1917) William Trelease (1918) Joseph Charles Arthur (1919) Nathaniel Lord Britton (1920) Charles Elmer Allen (1921) Henry Chandler Cowles (1922) Benjamin Minge Duggar (1923) William Chambers Coker (1924)
1925–1949	Jacob R. Schramm (1925) Liberty Hyde Bailey (1926) Harley Harris Bartlett (1927) Arthur Henry Reginald Buller (1928) Margaret Clay Ferguson (1929) Lester W. Sharp (1930) Charles Joseph Chamberlain (1931) George James Peirce (1932) Ezra Jacob Kraus (1933) E. D. Merrill (1934) Aven Nelson (1935) C. Stuart Gager (1936) Edmund Ware Sinnott (1937) Arthur Johnson Eames (1938) Karl McKay Wiegand (1939) Edgar Nelson Transeau (1940) John Theodore Buchholz (1941) Merritt Lyndon Fernald (1942) William Jacob Robbins (1943) Gilbert Morgan Smith (1944) Irving Widmer Bailey (1945) Neil Everett Stevens (1946) Ralph Erskine Cleland (1947) Henry Allan Gleason (1948) Ivey Foreman Lewis (1949)
1950–1974	Albert Francis Blakeslee (1950) Katherine Esau (1951) Edgar Anderson (1952) Ralph H. Wetmore (1953) Adriance S. Foster (1954) Oswald Tippo (1955) Harriet Creighton (1956) George Sherman Avery, Jr. (1957) Frits Warmolt Went (1958) William Campbell Steere (1959) Kenneth V. Thimann (1960) Vernon Cheadle (1961) G. Ledyard Stebbins (1962) Constantine John Alexopoulos (1963) Paul J. Kramer (1964) Aaron John Sharp (1965) Harold Charles Bold (1966) Ralph Emerson (1967) Arthur Galston (1968) Harlan Parker Banks (1969) Lincoln Constance (1970) Richard C. Starr (1971) Charles Heimsch (1972) Arthur Cronquist (1973) Theodore Delevoryas (1974)
1975–1999	Peter H. Raven (1975) Barbara Frances Palser (1976) Warren H. Wagner (1977) William August Jensen ( 1978) Herbert George Baker (1979) Charles Bixler Heiser (1980) Patricia Kern Holmgren (1981) Ernest M. Gifford, Jr. (1982) Barbara D. Webster (1983) Mildred Esther Mathias (1984) William Louis Stern (1985–86) Ray Franklin Evert (1986–87) Shirley Cotter Tucker (1987–88) W. Hardy Eshbaugh (1988–89) David Leonard Dilcher (1989–90) Beryl B. Simpson (1990–91) William Louis Culberson (1991–92) Gregory Joseph Anderson (1992–93) Grady Webster (1993–94) Harry T. Horner (1994–95) Barbara A. Schaal (1995–96) Daniel Crawford (1996–97) Nancy Dengler (1997–98) Carol C. Baskin (1998–99)
2000–present	Douglas E. Soltis (1999–2000) Patricia G. Gensel (2000–1) Judy Jernstedt (2001–2) Scott D. Russell (2002–3) Linda E. Graham (2003–4) Allison A. Snow (2004–5) Edward L. Schneider (2005–6) Christopher H. Haufler (2006–7) Pamela S. Soltis (2007–8) Karl J. Niklas (2008–9) Kent Holsinger (2009–10) Judith Skog (2010–11) Stephen G. Weller (2011–12) Elizabeth Kellogg (2012–13) Pamela Diggle (2013–14) Tom Ranker (2014–15) Richard Olmstead (2015–16) Gordon Uno (2016–17) Loren Rieseberg (2017–18) Andrea Wolfe (2018–19) Linda Watson (2019–20) Cynthia S. Jones (2020–21) Michael Donoghue (2021-22) Vivian Negron-Ortiz (2022-23)

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