In cooperation with the National Park Service and Capitol Reef National Park, the Great Basin Institute is recruiting a Botany Field Team Lead to join our AmeriCorps program. The Botany Field Team Lead will support the Capitol Reef National Park Division of Resource Management & Science and serve as a member of the rare plant monitoring crew assisting resource staff with surveys and demographic monitoring of three federally listed plant species.
Obituary: Dr. Hugh D. Wilson, TAMU
Tenure Track Assistant Professor - Plant Biologist, Oklahoma State
The Department of Plant Biology, Ecology, and Evolution at Oklahoma State University in Stillwater seeks a tenure-track Assistant Professor to begin August 2019. The ideal candidate will address fundamental questions in biology with research interests in plant secondary metabolism (broadly defined), including specialties such as biochemistry, genetics, molecular biology, and/or ethnobotany of plant secondary metabolites, or other related fields. Women and minority candidates are especially encouraged to apply.
Ecological Restoration Specialist - Great Basin Institute
Ph.D. Graduate Assistantship-Boise State Un.
Flora of the Pacific Northwest just released
FAQ about new Brazilian regulations governing biological materials
Below is a link to the FAQ document about Brazilian regulations governing foreign use of biological materials. This legislation may have implications for herbaria and ASPT members who are or have done research in Brazil and conduct specimen exchange.
Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany
2018 Webster Award
The 2018 Grady & Barbara Webster Award for Outstanding Publication in Plant Systematics was presented at the Botany 2018 Banquet to Matthew Pace and Ken Cameron for their paper entitled "Systematics of the Spiranthes cernua species complex (Orchidaceae): untangling the Gordian Knot".
ASPT President Fishbein's 2018 Banquet presentation
ASPT President Mark Fishbein has shared his Botany 2018 ASPT Incoming President's presentation which contains embedded links for those who were interested.
ASPT Poster from Botany 2018
Training Course in Tropical Field Botany
The Missouri Botanical Garden (MBG), the New York Botanical Garden (NYBG), and the Universidad Estatal Amazónica (UEA) are pleased to announce a 3-week training program in Tropical Field Botany in Ecuador for highly motivated early graduate students from American universities who are interested in pursuing a career in Plant Systematics.
Please send feedback to APHIS! (letter from Mark Fishbein)
2018 Cooley Award
The American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) has selected Dr. Rebecca Stubbs as its 2018 George R. Cooley Award recipient. Considered one of the most prestigious early-career recognitions in the plant sciences, the award is named for George R. Cooley, a successful banker who studied plants and worked in conservation in retirement.
2018 Asa Gray Award
2018 Peter Raven Award
2002 Asa Gray Awardee Natalie Uhl has died
We recently learned of the death of former ASPT member and 2002 Asa Gray Awardee Natalie Uhl. She was an expert in the Palm family and member of the ASPT since 1990. A link is provided below to an obituary.
http://news.cornell.edu/stories/2017/04/natalie-uhl-renowned-palm-expert-dies-97
2018 ASPT Engagement and Excellence in Plant Systematics Education Award
Oregon State University’s Dr. Melanie Link-Pérez has been selected as the recipient of this year’s Engagement and Excellence in Plant Systematics Education Award (EEPSEA) from the America Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT). The EEPSEA award was established in 2013 in order to recognize educators who have implemented and developed innovative methods for engaging students in the study of plant systematics in the classroom, laboratory or during outreach activities.
2018 ASPT Undergraduate Research Prize
The Rupert Barneby Award of The New York Botanical Garden
The Rupert Barneby Award, named in honor of the late NYBG scientist and renowned legume expert, consists of US$2000 granted annually to assist researchers to visit The New York Botanical Garden to study the rich herbarium collection of Leguminosae. Graduate students and early career professionals with research in systematics and/or legume diversity …