As a society, we are standing with The Duke Herbarium and request that Duke University reconsider the decision to divest their herbarium. We ask that you also consider adding your support by signing this petition (https://www.change.org/p/urge-duke-university-to-reconsider-closing-their-herbarium) organized by AIBS, iDigBio, NSCA, and SPNHC with the support of ASPT, ABLS, BSA, and SHC.
The Great Basin Institute is recruiting an Ecological Restoration Specialist to provide assistance with habitat restoration and monitoring at Ash Meadows National Wildlife Refuge (NWR) in southern Nevada.
Ph.D. Graduate Assistantship in genomics applied to determine sagebrush (Artemisia tridentata) adaptations to arid environments, Boise State University, Idaho, USA
Fully revised and updated version of the 1973 edition by C. L. Hitchcock and Art Cronquist. Over 1000 new taxa and updated taxonomy and nomenclature. The first updated Flora for most taxa in the region in over 50 years.
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.
The Garden Club of America’s Anne S. Chatham Fellowship in Medicinal Botany provides at least one grant award of $4,500 annually to support research related to medicinal plants.
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 Mark Fishbein has shared his Botany 2018 ASPT Incoming President's presentation which contains embedded links for those who were interested.
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.
