Abbreviation | BSA |
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Formation | 1893 |
Type | Non-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] |
Headquarters | St. Louis, Missouri, United States |
Membership | 3,059[2] |
Andrea Wolfe (2017–2020) | |
President Elect | Linda Watson (2018–2021) |
Budget | $1.63 million[3] |
Website | www |
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]