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Welcome to the ASPT website! The American Society of Plant Taxonomists promotes research and teaching of taxonomy, systematics, and phylogeny of vascular and nonvascular plants. Organized in 1935, the Society has a membership of over 1300. The Society publishes several publications, supports funds for a variety of honorary and charitable activities, and conducts scientific meetings each summer. For more information on these activities, see the links to the left. For more information on careers in taxonomy and systematics, click here!
News:
On 26th March 2008 the University Board of Utrecht University, The Netherlands, informed the employees of the Utrecht Herbarium that as of 1 June 2008 the Herbarium is to be closed and, with immediate effect, access to the collections, from national as well as international workers, is to cease. In order to stop this closure, please sign the petition at www.SaveHerbariumU.nl and forward this message to others.
Darwin's Garden: An Evolutionary Adventure explores the untold story of Charles Darwin's lifelong fascination and work with plants, including how flowers have evolved their extreme beauty and how plants are sensitive creatures responding to the least beam of sunlight and the pull of gravity. Opens at The New York Botanical Garden on April 25, 2008.
The 9th International Congress on Plant Molecular Biology to be held in St. Louis, Missouri, USA from October 25-30, 2009. The conference will highlight a state-of-the-art view of research in plant molecular biology. In addition to keynote addresses and invited symposia, individuals are invited to submit abstracts for presentation as talks in concurrent sessions, or as posters. For more information visit http://www.ipmb2009.org or email ipmb2009@missouri.edu.
The Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections is hosting a Best Practices Symposium at the NSCA-SPNHC Annual meeting May 13-17, 2008, in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. This session will focus on community practices and standards and is the first of what we hope will be an annual session on best practices and standards in managing and caring for natural history collections.
New Feature: ASPT photo vignettes in the upper right hand corner. These randomized, clickable photos depict systematists, their organisms of study, and related research and teaching activities! Contribute high resolution photos and a caption to Eric H. Roalson for inclusion in the rotating display.