Grady L. and Barbara D. Webster Plant Systematics Publication Award

AWARDED BY COMMITTEE IN EVEN YEARs

Established in 2006 by Dr. Barbara D. Webster and Dr. Susan V. Webster to honor the life and work of husband and father, Dr. Grady L. Webster, the award was renamed in 2018 to include Dr. Barbara D. Webster as an equal partner. The Grady L. and Barbara D. Webster Award is a rotating award presented in alternating years by the American Society of Plant Taxonomists and the Botanical Society of America. Dr. Grady Webster was an ASPT President (1982), BSA President (1993), and recipient of both the ASPT Asa Gray Award (2006) and the BSA Merit Award (1997). Dr. Barbara Webster served as the first woman Treasurer of the BSA (1977-81) and BSA President (1983). The American Society of Plant Taxonomists and the Botanical Society of America are pleased to join together in honoring Grady and Barbara in this way. The ASPT component of the award, the Grady L. and Barbara D. Webster Plant Systematics Publication Award is given in even numbered years and recognizes the paper illustrating the most significant contribution in plant systematics from the previous two years. Grady and Barbara are remembered for contributions that have been truly monumental in the recent history of plant systematics and constitute a massive body of work that rivals anything produced through the initiative and influence of a single individual. More importantly, this couple inspired young people with their passion and energy for seeing plants in their natural habitat and their global knowledge of vegetation.

Past ASPT Awardees