Society for Ethnobotany
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| Formation | 1959 |
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| Purpose | Furthering economic botany |
Region | Worldwide |
Official language | English |
President | Steven Casper |
Main organ | Council |
| Website | www |
The Society for Economic Botany is an international learned society covering the field of economic botany. It was established in 1959. Its official journal is Economic Botany published on their behalf by Springer Science+Business Media and the New York Botanical Garden Press.[1] The society also publishes a biannual newsletter, Plants and People.[2] The president is Steven Casper (Cheverly, MD, United States).[3] The society organizes annual meetings at different locations around the world, where it awards the prize of Distinguished Economic Botanist tp perticularly meritorious individuals.[4]
References
- ^ "Economic Botany". Springer Science+Business Media. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ^ "Plants and People". Society for Economic Botany. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ^ "Society Officers". Society for Economic Botany. Retrieved 2016-11-26.
- ^ "Two botanists recognised as Distinguished Economic Botanists by the Society of Economic Botany". Botanic Gardens Conservation International. Retrieved 2016-11-26.