About the BSA
The Botanical Society of America (BSA)
is a "not-for-profit" 501 (c) (3) 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. To accomplish this mission,
the objectives of The Society are to: sustain
and provide improved formal and informal education about plants;
encourage basic plant research; provide expertise, direction,
and position statements concerning plants and ecosystems; and
foster communication within the professional botanical community,
and between botanists and the rest of humankind through publications,
meetings, and committees.
The breadth of interests of BSA
members are reflected in the 15 special interest sections of the Society with
which all members have the opportunity to become affiliated. These special
interest sections are the Bryological and Lichenological, Developmental and
Structural, Ecological, Economic, Genetic, Historical, Microbiological,
Paleobotanical, Phycological, Physiological, Phytochemical, Pteridological,
Systematic, Teaching and Tropical Biology Sections. There are also four
geographic sections (Northeastern, Midcontinent, Southeastern and Pacific).
The Botanical Society of America encompasses all areas
of plant biology, including development, physiology, reproductive biology,
evolution, phycology, genetics, mycology, ecology, systematics, molecular
biology, and paleobotany. The
BSA is one of the
world's largest societies devoted to the study of plants and allied
organisms, and functions as an umbrella organization covering all
specialties. Since the strength of the botanical profession and its
effective voice in world science today is dependent on the combined
support of all taxonomic and disciplinary interest groups, all specialists
are strongly encouraged to join and become active in the Botanical Society
of America.
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