Organization:Society for Economic Botany

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Society for Economic Botany
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MottoFostering research and education on the past, present, and future uses of plants by people
Formation1959; 65 years ago (1959)
PurposeFurthering economic botany
Region
Worldwide
Official language
English
President
John de la Parra
Main organ
Council
Websitewww.ethnobotany.org

The Society for Economic Botany is an international learned society covering the field of economic botany. It was established in 1959. In 2022 the Society voted to change its name to the Society for Ethnobotany, going into effect in June 2023. 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 society organizes annual meetings at different locations around the world, where it awards the prize of Distinguished Economic Botanist to particularly meritorious individuals.[3][4]

Distinguished Economic Botanist prize

In 2022 the Society voted to change the name of this award to the Distinguished Ethnobotanist award, going into effect in June 2023. Recent recipients of the Distinguished Economic Botanist prize include:[4]


Past Presidents

Past presidents of the society include:[5]


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