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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:
The 2008 ASPT T-shirt design is here! Pick up your new ASPT T-shirts at the society booth at the Botany meetings in Vancouver. See you there!
The countdown to year of science continues:
COPUS participants build momentum for nationwide celebration of science in 2009. Get the press release here!
The Smithsonian Institution’s Department of Botany has announced the 2008 Cuatrecasas Fellowship Award for student travel. Download the pdf here.
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.
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.