Botanical Society of America

Botanical Society of America
AbbreviationBSA
Formation1893
TypeNon-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."[1]
HeadquartersSt. Louis, Missouri, United States
Membership
3,059[2]
Andrea Wolfe (2017–2020)
President Elect
Linda Watson (2018–2021)
Budget
$1.63 million[3]
Websitewww.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]

  1. ^ "Botanical Society of America – About the BSA". Botany.org. Archived from the original on 2016-06-15. Retrieved 2012-09-17.
  2. ^ http://www.botany.org/bsa/membership/council2012/a_summary.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  3. ^ http://www.botany.org/bsa/membership/council2012/treasurer.pdf Archived 2017-07-08 at the Wayback Machine [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ Botanical Society of America website