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The Botanical Society of America is a membership society whose mission is to: 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.

Society Publications & Research

EurekAlerts!

» When flowers turn up the heat
    (Two Illicium species provide warm flower nurseries as a reward to pollinating midges)—by Luo et al.
» Ferns and fog on the forest floor
    (Redwood forest ecosystem of northern California depends on fog to stay hydrated during rainless summers)—by Limm and Dawson
» Going out on a (redwood tree) limb
    (Variation in water stress with increasing height in redwood trees determines leaf anatomy)—by Oldham et al.

 

Note from BSA President - Dr. Judy Skog

» 2010 AWARD RECIPIENTS
» Note to ECOLOGICAL SECTION
» Note to PHYSIOLOGICAL SECTION
» Botany 2010 Poster's on YouTube

Education & Learning

» PlantingScience - REGISTER FOR THE FALL 2010 SESSION
» BSA OUTREACH UPDATES & INFORMATION

» BOTANY CONFERENCE POSTERS ON YouTube


What in the plant world?
      2010 Triarch Botanical Images

     Clematis Flower Bud (cross section)
     Cibotium glaucum - Emily Sessa, University of Wisconsin-Madison

Item of Note—IF YOU HAVEN'T DONE SO YET...
Please take a few minutes to renew your membership or join the BSA

NEW ONLINE SECTION of the AMERICAN JOURNAL OF BOTANY
AJB Primer Notes & Protocols in the Plant Sciences

 PLANT SCIENCE BULLETIN  Book Reviews RSS

» ANNOUNCEMENTS
» BOOKS NEEDING REVIEW
» POSITIONS AVAILABLE

  NEWS from the PLANT COMMUNITY

» BCGI, Botanical Capacity Reoprt
» AIBS Public Policy Reoprt 8/16/2010
» IBC 2011, XVIII International Botanical Congress
       MELBOURNE AUSTRALIA 23-30 JULY 2011
» News flash! A wiki for methods in plant ecology
       and physiology launched this month!

  STUDENTS' CORNER

     
» August Student Update from Rachel and Marian

» Why should you join the Society as a student?
» NEW MEMBERS - Connecting with the BSA

     Botanical Society of America - find us on facebook       Botanical Society of America - find us on facebook
                        Botanical Society of America - find us on Flickr

  BOTANY BLOGS   

» Adventures of a Phytochemist
» Moss Plants and More
» The Phytophactor
» Uncommon Ground
» No seeds, no fruits, no flowers: no problem.

  BOTANY IN THE NEWS   Botany in the News RSS

» Local tradition helps in conserving
     biodiversity
» Beware the smell of bitter almonds
» Indonesia facing crisis over loss
     of species
» Kenya: New pest control techniques
     save mango farmers
» Hopkins to study oil spill impact
     on Florida ecosystem


 FEATURED BSA RESOURCES

 BSA members' PLANT VIDEOS online
  Botany without Borders

» BOTANY - the students' perspective
» Careers in Botany
» Celebrating Women in the Plant Sciences

» Economic Botany - How We Value Plants....
» Crime Scene Botanicals - Forensic Botany
» Trees, YOU and CO2 - Your Carbon Imprint
Planting Science Project
Women in Science American Journal of Botany Plant Science Bulletin Careers in Botany BSA Image Collection www.PlantingScience.org