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The Botanical Society of America mission is to inspire and promote an inclusive global community committed to advancing fundamental knowledge and innovation in the botanical sciences for the benefit of people and the environment.

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@botsocamerica.bsky.socialOct 8, 2026, 8:31 PM

🌼 The 2nd season of the BSA's podcast—A Botanical Podcast!—now available! 🌼

In this episode, Caprice Disbrow discusses the unique collaborative #Biodiversity Initiative at Santa Rosa Junior College that deepens knowledge of the species found on campus.

www.buzzsprout.com/2446995/epis...

#botany

Promotional thumbnail for A Botanical Podcast by the Botanical Society of America, featuring guest Caprice Disbrow. Text reads: "Growing Biodiverse Communities on Campus (Students Dig It, Literally!): A Conversation with Caprice Disbrow: Season 2, Episode 4."
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 10:00 PM

🌼 Check out this new #AJB essay! 🌼

A practical prioritization strategy for vegetation-focused restoration of anthropogenic wastelands

By Erika Stewart, Joshua Grinath & Kathryn Turner

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

#botany #plantscience #ecology

An anthropogenic wasteland restoration framework depicted as a heatmap for assessing priorities and management strategies for wastelands in local proximity to high-quality habitats from low to high (x-axis), and landscapes that are unfragmented (low fragmentation) to highly fragmented (y-axis).
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialOct 6, 2026, 7:58 PM

Future Botany in a Changing World: BSA and the Botanical Society of China co-organized a conference in Tai'an, Shandong Province, China, bringing together senior scientists and a new generation to share research and build connections.

Full press release:
botany.org/file.php?fil...

Press release graphic from the Botanical Society of China and the Botanical Society of America. Title text reads: "Press Release. Botanical Societies of China and America Renew Their 50-Year Commitment to Collaboration and Advancing Plant Research." A QR code links to the full press release. Text below the QR code reads: "Check out the full press release here. Botanical Society of China. Botanical Society of America." Decorative illustrations of swallows, a leafy branch, and mountains frame the design on a teal and green background.
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialOct 5, 2026, 3:27 PM

🌱FINAL REMINDER - SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS🌱

#AppsPlantSci is accepting proposals for a special issue highlighting video & imaging techniques driving novel research in #plantscience

Proposal deadline: 5 Oct 2026

More info: bit.ly/4c3rLCw @noraflora10.bsky.social @drfloeem.bsky.social #botany

@botsocamerica.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 5:02 PM

Learn more: botany.org/home/careers...

#IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW

@botsocamerica.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 5:02 PM

🌿 Meet our September #BSASpotlight, Hannah Gray Ratcliff, a Graduate Student at Stanford University!

Hannah studies paleobotany, using fossils & living cycads to investigate how reproductive organs evolve & coevolve with pollinators, including sexual dimorphism in cycad cones.

A BSA Spotlight Series graphic featuring Hannah Gray Ratcliff, a Graduate Student at Stanford University. The top section shows the BSA Spotlight Series logo, a green circle with a globe and botanical leaf motif, alongside the text "Our newest Spotlight is on Hannah Gray Ratcliff, a Graduate Student at Stanford University." The bottom section shows a photo of Hannah holding a cycad cone and a machete, standing in a garden setting among cycads and palms. To the right, on a dark green background, white text reads: "Hannah studies paleobotany, using fossils and living cycads to investigate how plant reproductive organs have evolved over time and how plants have coevolved with insect pollinators, including the evolution of sexual dimorphism in cycad cones." The graphic concludes with "To learn more, visit www.botany.org."
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 3:39 PM

Petal to the metal: The slow road to automating large-scale #phenology labeling for #herbarium specimens

New in #AppsPlantSci by @er1ngrady.bsky.social, @djli.bsky.social, @rdinnager.bsky.social, Rob Guralnick, et al.

doi.org/10.1002/aps3... @floridamuseum.bsky.social @usa-npn.bsky.social #botany

The heading reads: "Historical flowering data unlocked for over 2.9M herbarium specimens". The background image is a digitized herbarium specimen. In the center of the image is a bar chart showing the number of flowering records across the decades, from 1800 to 2020. The text at the bottom of the image reads: "Integrated in Phenobase", with the URL phenobase.org
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialOct 2, 2026, 1:31 PM

Placing very long branch taxa in the plant tree of life: A case study with #Dioscoreales mycoheterotrophs

New #AJB research by Marybel Soto Gomez, Qianshi Lin, Nathaniel Klimpert, Vivienne Lam, Juan Viruel, Sean Graham et al.

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

#botany #plantscience #photosynthesis #monocots

Highly divergent placements of Afrothismiaceae (red clade) in plastid vs. mitochondrial phylogenomic analysis (left vs. right trees, respectively).
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 9:38 PM

The Garden Club of America’s Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany is now taking applications and provides at least one grant award of $4,500 annually to support a one-year research project related to medicinal plants.

Deadline: January 31, 2027

Learn more here:
botany.org/news/display...

@botsocamerica.bsky.socialOct 1, 2026, 3:08 PM

From ice age to present: Clonal expansion & genetic variation in the world's oldest #conifer stand

New #AJB research by James Marthick, Andrew Phipps, Gregory Jordan, Daiki Takahashi, Yoshihisa Suyama & James Worth

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...

#botany #plantscience #genetics

In vitro propagation of woody semi-mangrove species is often constrained by explant contamination, browning and stage-specific morphogenic responses. The authors examined how explant developmental state, basal-medium strength and plant growth regulators affected in vitro establishment and regeneration responses in Heritiera littoralis.
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 10:02 PM

🌱SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS - DEADLINE APPROACHING🌱

#AppsPlantSci is accepting proposals for a special issue highlighting video & imaging techniques driving novel research in #plantscience

Proposal deadline: 5 Oct 2026

More info: bit.ly/4c3rLCw @noraflora10.bsky.social @drfloeem.bsky.social

@botsocamerica.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 2:24 PM

🌿 Our #BSASpotlight continues with Sreya Das, Postdoctoral Fellow at Academia Sinica, Taiwan!

Sreya studies plant immune signaling using genetics, cell biology, and genomics to help improve crop resilience.

Learn more: botany.org/home/careers...

#IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW

A BSA Spotlight Series graphic featuring Sreya Das, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Academia Sinica, Taiwan. The top section shows the BSA Spotlight Series logo, a green circle with a globe and botanical leaf motif, alongside the text "Our newest Spotlight is on Sreya Das, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Academia Sinica, Taiwan." The bottom section shows a photo of Sreya in an indoor lobby setting with tropical plants, wearing a conference name badge. To the right, on a dark green background, white text reads: "Sreya studies the molecular mechanisms underlying plant immune signaling, using genetics, cell biology, and genomic approaches to understand how plants coordinate defense responses, with the goal of contributing to crop resilience and sustainable agriculture." The graphic concludes with "To learn more, visit www.botany.org."
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialSep 30, 2026, 1:59 PM

Geographic isolation promoted species divergence of two closely related #Cycas species in distinct river basins

New #AJB research by Yi-Qing Wang, Jian Liu, Si-Yue Xiao, Hui-Hui Xi, Xun Gong, Xiu-Yan Feng

doi.org/10.1002/ajb2...
#botany #plantscience #cycads

Composite figure showing distribution maps, morphological photos, and a phylogenetic tree of two cycad species, Cycas chenii and C. guizhouensis. It illustrates their geographic ranges in Southwest China, key physical traits, and a sister-species relationship with significant genetic divergence.
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialSep 29, 2026, 6:43 PM

🔥FINAL REMINDER! SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS❄️

Submit your proposal for #AJB and #AppsPlantSci special issues focusing on how temperature shapes & constrains plant biology.

Proposal deadline: 30 Sep 2026

More info: bit.ly/4fmMhPu #botany #climatechange #ecology
@seemasheth.bsky.social

The text at the top reads: “AJB and APPS Special Issues Call for Papers”. The text at the bottom reads: “The Role of Temperature in Plant Ecology and Evolution”. The photo shows a forest canopy. The Applications in Plant Sciences and American Journal of Botany logos are at the bottom of the graphic. Photo credit: Beatriz Salgado-Negret
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialSep 28, 2026, 9:28 PM

🌼 The 2nd season of the BSA's podcast—A Botanical Podcast!—now available! 🌼

In this episode, Adam Schneider discussions his love of plant collections & how #herbaria & #iNaturalist complement each other. (And don't miss the chat about parastic plants!)

www.buzzsprout.com/2446995/epis...

#botany

Promotional thumbnail for A Botanical Podcast by the Botanical Society of America, featuring guest Adam Schneider. Text reads: "Herbaria Meet Citizen Science (+”Weird Plant” Talk!): A Conversation with Adam Schneider: Season 2, Episode 3."
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 7:57 PM

Just a reminder that #Botany2027 Symposia and Colloquia proposals are due October 16th!

Learn more here: mailchi.mp/botany.org/b...

@botsocamerica.bsky.socialSep 24, 2026, 3:59 PM

refloraR: An R package for efficiently retrieving and analyzing plant specimen data from the Herbário Virtual Reflora

New in #AppsPlantSci by @caldecid.bsky.social, Ana Flávia Alves Versiane, et al.

doi.org/10.1002/aps3... #botany #herbarium #biodiversity #plantconservation #ecology

Composite image showing (left) a historical herbarium specimen of Monopteryx angustifolia collected in 1852 by Richard Spruce and (right) a modern photograph of the same species in flower recollected in the Brazilian Amazon in 2017. Credits: Domingos Cardoso (field photograph) and Herbário Virtual Reflora (specimen image).
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 6:43 PM

🔥DEADLINE APPROACHING! SPECIAL ISSUE CALL FOR PAPERS❄️

Submit your proposal for #AJB and #AppsPlantSci special issues focusing on how temperature shapes & constrains plant biology.

Proposal deadline: 30 Sep 2026

More info: bit.ly/4fmMhPu #botany #climatechange #ecology @seemasheth.bsky.social

The text at the top reads: “AJB and APPS Special Issues Call for Papers”. The text at the bottom reads: “The Role of Temperature in Plant Ecology and Evolution”. The photo shows a forest canopy. The Applications in Plant Sciences and American Journal of Botany logos are at the bottom of the graphic. Photo credit: Beatriz Salgado-Negret
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialSep 23, 2026, 1:39 PM

Check out these highlights from the latest American Journal of #Botany! botany.org/file.php?fil...

Find the issue Table of Contents at bsapubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/toc/15372197....

#plantscience

The coastal perennial ecotype of Mimulus guttatus DC. (syn. Erythranthe guttata DC.) growing on a cliff at Montara State Beach, Montara, California, USA, with oceanic salt spray damage on the leaf margin.
@botsocamerica.bsky.socialSep 22, 2026, 5:03 PM

🌿 That's a wrap on our 2026 BSA Awards Blitz! This year we gave out nearly 170 awards totaling over $150,000, recognizing botanists at every career stage. Thank you to everyone who applied, nominated, organized, and judged.

🎉 Congratulations!!! 🎉

#BSA2026AwardsBlitz #IamaBotanist #PlantPeopleFTW

A collage of fourteen smiling botanists framing a central message. The text reads: "Congratulations to all of the 2026 BSA Award Winners!" with the Botanical Society of America logo and the hashtag #BSA2026AwardsBlitz below it. The surrounding photos show a diverse group of people of various ages and backgrounds, pictured in labs, gardens, and outdoor field settings.
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