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Botanical Society of Scotland

May 18, 2023

The Botanical Society of Scotland (BSS) is the national learned society for botanists of Scotland. The Society's aims are to advance knowledge and appreciation of flowering and cryptogamic plants, algae and fungi. The Society's activities[1] include lectures (mainly held in Edinburgh, but also in other Scottish cities), symposia, field excursions, field projects and an annual Scottish Botanist's Conference, held jointly with the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland for exchange of information between botanists working in different areas. Its publications include a twice-yearly newsletter, BSS News, and a scientific journal, Plant Ecology & Diversity. The society is closely linked to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the Scottish universities.[2]

History

It was founded on 8 February 1836 as the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. Its founding members included Prof Edward Forbes, Prof John Hutton Balfour and Dr Richard Parnell.[3]

In 1935 the Botanical Society of Edinburgh incorporated the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland, founded in 1875, and included its name in its title.[4] Its name changed again in 1991 to Botanical Society of Scotland, incorporating the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland. The Botanical Society of Scotland has been a charity registered in Scotland since 19 February 1918, and became a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation (SCIO) (No. SC016283) on 15 April 2014.

Activities

BSS is the only British botanical society with a keen interest in both flowering and non-flowering plants (e.g. ferns, mosses and algae) and fungi. This wide range of interest is reflected in its programme of monthly lectures during winter months, held mainly at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Field meetings are held during summer and autumn to record both flowering and non-flowering plants all over Scotland. BSS also runs courses in special topics such as grass identification. An annual meeting, the Scottish Botanist's Conference is held each autumn, run jointly by BSBI, BSS and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh. Symposia and conferences devoted to specific topics such as Plant Phenology are organised from time to time.

Publications

The Botanical Society of Edinburgh published its first journal, Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh, from 1844 to 1990. In 1991, this was replaced with Botanical Journal of Scotland, published by Edinburgh University Press, to reflect the change of the society's name to "Botanical Society of Scotland" in the same year. In 2008, to give the journal an international appeal, Botanical Journal of Scotland was in turn replaced by Plant Ecology and Diversity, published by Taylor & Francis.[5] Plant Ecology and Diversity was accepted for inclusion in Scopus in 2010 and it received its first impact factor, 2.053, in 2011.

Presidents

Source (1836-1937):[6]

Botanical Society of Edinburgh
Botanical Society of Scotland (1990-)
  • 1990-1992 : Dr James H. Dickson
  • 1992-1994 : Miss J. Muscott
  • 1994-1996 : Dr Kwiton Jong
  • 1996–1998 : Prof. John Proctor [36]
  • 1998-2000 : Prof. Elizabeth Cutter
  • 2000-2002 : Dr George Argent
  • 2002-2004 : Mr Philip Lusby
  • 2004-2006 : Dr Douglas Malcolm
  • 2006-2008 : Prof. Richard Abbott
  • 2008-2010 : Dr Christopher Jeffree
  • 2010-2012 : Dr Barbara Sumner
  • 2012-2017 : Prof. John Grace [37]
  • 2017-2019 : Dr Brian Ballinger [38]
  • 2019-2021 : Dr Julia Wilson
  • 2021–present : Dr Jill Thompson

Other notable members

See also

References

  1. ^ "Activities". Botanical Society of Scotland. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  2. ^ . Botanical Society of Scotland. Archived from the original on 18 March 2012. Retrieved 20 January 2015.
  3. ^ "Richard Parnell, M.D". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 16 (1–4): 6–8. 2010. doi:10.1080/03746608609468215.
  4. ^ Watling, R. (1986). "150 Years of paddock stools: A history of agaric ecology and floristics in Scotland". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 45: 1–42. doi:10.1080/03746608608685403.
  5. ^ "Plant Ecology & Diversity". Taylor & Francis Website. Taylor & Francis. Retrieved 15 February 2014.
  6. ^ (PDF). p. 15. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 March 2017. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  7. ^ a b c "Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh" (PDF). RSE. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  8. ^ Matthews, J. R (1941). "Presidential Address—Floral Morphology and its Bearing on the Classification of Angiosperms". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 33 (2): 69–82. doi:10.1080/13594864109441373.
  9. ^ Gregor, J. W (1947). "Presidential Address: Some Reflections on Intra-Specific Ecological Variation and its Classification". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 34 (4): 377–391. doi:10.1080/13594864709441409.
  10. ^ Haines, Catherine. International Women in Science: A Biographical Dictionary to 1950. p. 162.
  11. ^ "Proceedings of the Botanical of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 36 (2): vii–xiii. 1953. doi:10.1080/13594865309441595.
  12. ^ Cowan, J. M (1954). "The Botanical Society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 36 (3): 181–184. doi:10.1080/13594865409441605. PMC 5586696.
  13. ^ Burns, W (2010). "Presidential Address". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 37: 1–10. doi:10.1080/13594865609441624.
  14. ^ "Proceedings of the Botanical of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 37: i–xiii. 2010. doi:10.1080/13594865609441623.
  15. ^ "Proceedings of the Botanical of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 36 (4): xx–xxv. 2010. doi:10.1080/13594865509441613.
  16. ^ "Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 37 (2): xiv–xxvi. 1957. doi:10.1080/13594865709441647. hdl:2027/hvd.32044106390966.
  17. ^ Fletcher, H. R (1960). "Presidential Address". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 39: 1–27. doi:10.1080/13594866009441681.
  18. ^ MacLeod, Anna M (1962). "Presidential Address". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 39 (3): 247–265. doi:10.1080/13594866209441709.
  19. ^ "Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 39 (5): xli–xlix. 1964. doi:10.1080/13594866409441733.
  20. ^ "Special dinner Botanical Society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 40: 146. 1965. doi:10.1080/03746606508685135.
  21. ^ "Proceedings of the botanical society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 40 (4): xxix–xxxix. 1968. doi:10.1080/03746606808685176. hdl:2027/hvd.32044106390966.
  22. ^ "Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 41: 105–108. 1970. doi:10.1080/03746607008685210.
  23. ^ "Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 41 (4): 571–575. 1972. doi:10.1080/03746607208685257.
  24. ^ "Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 42 (2): 251–254. 1974. doi:10.1080/03746607408685287.
  25. ^ "Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 42 (4): 545–548. 1976. doi:10.1080/03746607608685317.
  26. ^ "Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 43: 71–73. 1978. doi:10.1080/03746607808685340.
  27. ^ "Proceedings of the botanical society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 43 (2): 163–165. 1979. doi:10.1080/03746607908685350. hdl:2027/hvd.32044106390966.
  28. ^ "Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Session CXLIII 1979–80". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 43 (3): 251–253. 2010. doi:10.1080/03746608008685361.
  29. ^ "Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 43 (4): 345–346. 2010. doi:10.1080/03746608108685373.
  30. ^ "Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Session CXLVI 1981–82". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 44: 75–77. 2010. doi:10.1080/03746608208685417.
  31. ^ "Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Session CXLVI 1882–83". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 44 (2): 165–167. 2010. doi:10.1080/03746608308685383.
  32. ^ "Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 44 (3): 287–289. 2010. doi:10.1080/03746608408685395.
  33. ^ "Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 45 (2): 163–165. 1987. doi:10.1080/03746608708685428.
  34. ^ "Proceedings of the botanical society of edinburgh session CXLXI 1987–88". Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh. 45 (3): 299–301. 1988. doi:10.1080/03746608808684967.
  35. ^ "Obituaries-Philip Morgans Smith (1941-2004)" (PDF). BSBI. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  36. ^ "Professor John Proctor". The Independent. 6 November 2006. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  37. ^ "News Archive". Wildlife Information Centre. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  38. ^ "BSS Council 2018/19". Botanical Society of Scotland. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

External links

  • Official website
  • Facebook group
  • The Botanical Society of Scotland on Twitter  
  • Botanical Scientific Journals

May 18, 2023
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The Botanical Society of Scotland BSS is the national learned society for botanists of Scotland The Society s aims are to advance knowledge and appreciation of flowering and cryptogamic plants algae and fungi The Society s activities 1 include lectures mainly held in Edinburgh but also in other Scottish cities symposia field excursions field projects and an annual Scottish Botanist s Conference held jointly with the Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland for exchange of information between botanists working in different areas Its publications include a twice yearly newsletter BSS News and a scientific journal Plant Ecology amp Diversity The society is closely linked to the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh and the Scottish universities 2 Contents 1 History 2 Activities 3 Publications 4 Presidents 5 Other notable members 6 See also 7 References 8 External linksHistory EditIt was founded on 8 February 1836 as the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Its founding members included Prof Edward Forbes Prof John Hutton Balfour and Dr Richard Parnell 3 In 1935 the Botanical Society of Edinburgh incorporated the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland founded in 1875 and included its name in its title 4 Its name changed again in 1991 to Botanical Society of Scotland incorporating the Cryptogamic Society of Scotland The Botanical Society of Scotland has been a charity registered in Scotland since 19 February 1918 and became a Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation SCIO No SC016283 on 15 April 2014 Activities EditBSS is the only British botanical society with a keen interest in both flowering and non flowering plants e g ferns mosses and algae and fungi This wide range of interest is reflected in its programme of monthly lectures during winter months held mainly at the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Field meetings are held during summer and autumn to record both flowering and non flowering plants all over Scotland BSS also runs courses in special topics such as grass identification An annual meeting the Scottish Botanist s Conference is held each autumn run jointly by BSBI BSS and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh Symposia and conferences devoted to specific topics such as Plant Phenology are organised from time to time Publications EditThe Botanical Society of Edinburgh published its first journal Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh from 1844 to 1990 In 1991 this was replaced with Botanical Journal of Scotland published by Edinburgh University Press to reflect the change of the society s name to Botanical Society of Scotland in the same year In 2008 to give the journal an international appeal Botanical Journal of Scotland was in turn replaced by Plant Ecology and Diversity published by Taylor amp Francis 5 Plant Ecology and Diversity was accepted for inclusion in Scopus in 2010 and it received its first impact factor 2 053 in 2011 Presidents EditSource 1836 1937 6 Botanical Society of Edinburgh1836 1839 Prof Robert Graham 1st President 1839 1840 Robert Kaye Greville 1st term 1840 1841 David Falconar 1841 1842 Prof Robert Christison 1842 1843 Patrick Neill 1843 1844 Prof Robert Graham 2nd term 1844 1845 Andrew Douglas Maclagan 1st term 1845 1846 Prof John Hutton Balfour 1st term the driving force behind the establishment of the society 1846 1847 Robert Kaye Greville 2nd term 1847 1848 Rev Prof John Fleming 1st term 1848 1849 Prof John Hutton Balfour 2nd term 1849 1850 Rev Prof John Fleming 2nd term 1850 1851 Prof John Hutton Balfour 3rd term 1851 1852 William Seller 1st term 1852 1855 Prof John Hutton Balfour 4th term 1855 1856 Lt Col Edward Madden 1856 1857 Rev Prof John Fleming 3rd term 1857 1858 William Seller 2nd term 1858 1859 Andrew Murray 1859 1860 Prof George James Allman 1860 1861 William H Lowe 1861 1862 Thomas Croxen Archer 1862 1863 Prof Andrew Douglas Maclagan 2nd term 1863 1864 Prof John Hutton Balfour 5th term 1864 1865 Alexander Dickson 1st term 1865 1866 Robert Kaye Greville 3rd term 1866 1867 Isaac Anderson Henry 1867 1868 Charles Jenner 1868 1869 Hugh Francis Clarke Cleghorn the father of Indian forestry 1869 1870 Sir Walter Elliot 1870 1871 Alexander Buchan 1871 1872 Prof Charles Wyville Thomson 1872 1873 James McNab 1873 1877 Sir Robert Christison Bt 1877 1879 Thomas Alexander Goldie Balfour 1879 1880 William Gorrie 1880 1882 Prof Isaac Bayley Balfour 1st term 1882 1884 William Brack Boyd 1884 1887 Prof Alexander Dickson 2nd term 1887 1889 William Craig 1889 1891 Robert Lindsay 1891 1893 David Christison 1893 1895 Prof Frederick Orpen Bower 1895 1897 Andrew Peebles Aitken 1897 1899 William Watson 1899 1901 Rev David Paul 1901 1902 Col Fred Bailey R E 1902 1904 Prof James William Helenus Trail 1904 1906 Prof Isaac Bayley Balfour 2nd term 1906 1908 J Rutherford Hill 1908 1910 Thomas Bennet Clark 1910 1912 Albert William Borthwick 1912 1913 Sir Archibald Buchan Hepburn Bt 1913 1915 R Stewart MacDougall 1915 1917 Robert Alexander Robertson 1917 1920 James Whytock 1920 1922 William Gardner Smith 1922 1925 Prof William Wright Smith 1st term 1925 1927 Prof James Montagu Frank Drummond 1927 1929 Col John Sutherland 1929 1931 J Rutherford Hill 1931 1933 William Young 1933 1935 Malcolm Wilson 1935 1937 Prof Sir William Wright Smith 2nd term 1937 1939 Alexander Cowan 7 1939 1942 James Robert Matthews 8 1942 1943 Robert James Douglas Graham 7 1943 1945 Edward Wyllie Fenton 7 1945 1947 James Wyllie Gregor 9 1947 1950 Elizabeth Helen May Knox 10 1950 1951 Prof Sir William Wright Smith 3rd term 11 1951 1953 John Macqueen Cowan 12 1953 1955 William Burns 13 14 15 1955 1957 James Alexander MacDonald 16 1957 1960 Harold Roy Fletcher 17 1960 1962 Anna M Macleod 18 1962 1964 Prof John Walton 19 1964 1966 Douglas Mackay Henderson 20 1966 1968 J Grant Roger 21 1968 1970 Prof Robert Brown 22 1970 1972 David Hugh Neven Spence 23 1972 1974 Brian Lawrence Burtt 24 1974 1976 W W Fletcher 25 1976 1978 A F Dyer 26 1978 1980 William W Gauld 27 28 1980 1982 Prof Robert MacGregor Martyn Crawford 29 30 1982 1984 Prof Charles Henry Gimingham 31 32 1984 1986 Roy Watling 1986 1988 Prof John Albert Raven 33 34 1988 1990 Philip Morgans Smith 35 Botanical Society of Scotland 1990 1990 1992 Dr James H Dickson 1992 1994 Miss J Muscott 1994 1996 Dr Kwiton Jong 1996 1998 Prof John Proctor 36 1998 2000 Prof Elizabeth Cutter 2000 2002 Dr George Argent 2002 2004 Mr Philip Lusby 2004 2006 Dr Douglas Malcolm 2006 2008 Prof Richard Abbott 2008 2010 Dr Christopher Jeffree 2010 2012 Dr Barbara Sumner 2012 2017 Prof John Grace 37 2017 2019 Dr Brian Ballinger 38 2019 2021 Dr Julia Wilson 2021 present Dr Jill ThompsonOther notable members EditAlbert Prince Consort Queen Victoria the society s first patron Alexander Adie Alexander von Humboldt Cardale Babington William Brand founder member Robert Brown Alexander Bryson William Carruthers Thomas Frederic Cheeseman Charles Darwin author of On The Origin of Species Job Bicknell Ellis Godfrey Howitt Edward Janczewski Paul Gordon Jarvis FRS plant ecologist Professor of Forestry and Natural Resources at the University of Edinburgh George Lawson the father of Canadian botany was assistant secretary and curator of the society Lars Levi Laestadius Duncan Napier Robert Thomson pioneer of sanitation Gote Turesson Charles Wyville Thomson chief scientist on the Challenger Expedition Katherine Sophia Kane the first elected female member of the society Prince Philip Duke of Edinburgh Honorary FellowSee also EditFlora of Scotland Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society Scottish Natural HeritageReferences Edit Activities Botanical Society of Scotland Retrieved 20 January 2015 About the BSS Botanical Society of Scotland Archived from the original on 18 March 2012 Retrieved 20 January 2015 Richard Parnell M D Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 16 1 4 6 8 2010 doi 10 1080 03746608609468215 Watling R 1986 150 Years of paddock stools A history of agaric ecology and floristics in Scotland Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 45 1 42 doi 10 1080 03746608608685403 Plant Ecology amp Diversity Taylor amp Francis Website Taylor amp Francis Retrieved 15 February 2014 The Botanical Society of Edinburgh 1836 1936 PDF p 15 Archived from the original PDF on 11 March 2017 Retrieved 11 August 2018 a b c Former Fellows of the Royal Society of Edinburgh PDF RSE Retrieved 11 August 2018 Matthews J R 1941 Presidential Address Floral Morphology and its Bearing on the Classification of Angiosperms Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 33 2 69 82 doi 10 1080 13594864109441373 Gregor J W 1947 Presidential Address Some Reflections on Intra Specific Ecological Variation and its Classification Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 34 4 377 391 doi 10 1080 13594864709441409 Haines Catherine International Women in Science A Biographical Dictionary to 1950 p 162 Proceedings of the Botanical of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 36 2 vii xiii 1953 doi 10 1080 13594865309441595 Cowan J M 1954 The Botanical Society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 36 3 181 184 doi 10 1080 13594865409441605 PMC 5586696 Burns W 2010 Presidential Address Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 37 1 10 doi 10 1080 13594865609441624 Proceedings of the Botanical of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 37 i xiii 2010 doi 10 1080 13594865609441623 Proceedings of the Botanical of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 36 4 xx xxv 2010 doi 10 1080 13594865509441613 Proceedings of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 37 2 xiv xxvi 1957 doi 10 1080 13594865709441647 hdl 2027 hvd 32044106390966 Fletcher H R 1960 Presidential Address Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 39 1 27 doi 10 1080 13594866009441681 MacLeod Anna M 1962 Presidential Address Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 39 3 247 265 doi 10 1080 13594866209441709 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 39 5 xli xlix 1964 doi 10 1080 13594866409441733 Special dinner Botanical Society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 40 146 1965 doi 10 1080 03746606508685135 Proceedings of the botanical society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 40 4 xxix xxxix 1968 doi 10 1080 03746606808685176 hdl 2027 hvd 32044106390966 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 41 105 108 1970 doi 10 1080 03746607008685210 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 41 4 571 575 1972 doi 10 1080 03746607208685257 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 42 2 251 254 1974 doi 10 1080 03746607408685287 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 42 4 545 548 1976 doi 10 1080 03746607608685317 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 43 71 73 1978 doi 10 1080 03746607808685340 Proceedings of the botanical society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 43 2 163 165 1979 doi 10 1080 03746607908685350 hdl 2027 hvd 32044106390966 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Session CXLIII 1979 80 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 43 3 251 253 2010 doi 10 1080 03746608008685361 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 43 4 345 346 2010 doi 10 1080 03746608108685373 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Session CXLVI 1981 82 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 44 75 77 2010 doi 10 1080 03746608208685417 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Session CXLVI 1882 83 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 44 2 165 167 2010 doi 10 1080 03746608308685383 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 44 3 287 289 2010 doi 10 1080 03746608408685395 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 45 2 163 165 1987 doi 10 1080 03746608708685428 Proceedings of the botanical society of edinburgh session CXLXI 1987 88 Transactions of the Botanical Society of Edinburgh 45 3 299 301 1988 doi 10 1080 03746608808684967 Obituaries Philip Morgans Smith 1941 2004 PDF BSBI Retrieved 11 August 2018 Professor John Proctor The Independent 6 November 2006 Retrieved 11 August 2018 News Archive Wildlife Information Centre Retrieved 11 August 2018 BSS Council 2018 19 Botanical Society of Scotland Retrieved 11 August 2018 External links EditOfficial website Facebook group The Botanical Society of Scotland on Twitter Botanical Scientific Journals Retrieved from https en 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