The Society for Economic Botany is an international

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covering the field of

economic botany ''Economic Botany'' is a quarterly peer-reviewed academic journal that covers all aspects of economic botany. The editor-in-chief is Robert A. Voeks (California State University, Fullerton). The journal was established in 1947 and is published b ...

. It was established in 1959. Its official

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is ''Economic Botany'', published on their behalf by

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and the

New York Botanical Garden Press The New York Botanical Garden (NYBG) is a botanical garden at Bronx Park in the Bronx, New York City. Established in 1891, it is located on a site that contains a landscape with over one million living plants; the Enid A. Haupt Conservatory, ...

. The society also publishes a biannual newsletter, ''Plants and People''. The society organizes annual meetings at different locations around the world, where it awards the prize of Distinguished Economic Botanist to particularly meritorious individuals.

Distinguished Economic Botanist prize

Recent recipients of the Distinguished Economic Botanist prize include:

Past Presidents

Past presidents of the society include:

References

External links

* {{Authority control Botany organizations Scientific organizations established in 1959 International scientific organizations