Английская Википедия:Botanical Society of America
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:Infobox organization 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.[1]
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: Шаблон:Div col
- Bryological and lichenological
- Developmental and Structural
- Ecological
- Economic
- Genetics
- Historical
- Microbiological
- Mycological
- Paleobotanical
- Phycological
- Physiological
- Phytochemical
- Pteridological
- Systematic
- Teaching
- Tropical biology
Former presidents
Шаблон:Main article 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[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
External links
- Шаблон:Official website
- Archive of Plant Science Bulletin
- Publications by the Botanical Society of America at the Biodiversity Heritage Library
Шаблон:Presidents of the Botanical Society of America
- ↑ 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." Шаблон:Webarchive American Journal of Botany 93(7): 942-952. doi: 10.3732/ajb.93.7.942
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite web
- ↑ Шаблон:Cite journal
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