Botany 2008 Conference Program

Participating Societies American Society of Plant Taxonomists (ASPT) The American Society of Plant Taxonomists promotes systematic botany through education, training, and public dissemination of original research on plants. Organized in 1935, the Society has a membership of about 1300. Information about dues schedules, activities of the Society, literature, publications, etc., is available at ASPT headquarters during the meeting, at the ASPT web site http://www.aspt.net or from the ASPT Business Office at other times. The Society publishes Systematic Botany, a quarterly journal included with the membership dues. The Society also publishes Systematic Botany Monographs, at irregular intervals; standing or by-the-issue orders are available for this publication. Additionally, a printed or electronic ASPT Newsletter is also included with Society membership dues. Abstracts of papers presented at the annual meeting are published with those of the Botanical Society of America and are available at the meeting or online. The ASPT sponsors an annual competition for research grants for graduate student investigators. Support is available for students (both master’s and doctoral levels) conducting fieldwork, herbarium travel, and/or laboratory research in any area of plant systematics. The George R. Cooley Award is given for the outstanding contributed paper presented by a young professional at the annual meeting. The 2007 winner was Ann Willyard, University of South Dakota. The Peter H. Raven Scientific Outreach Award may be bestowed annually by the Society upon a plant systematist for exceptional outreach activities that advance the public's understanding of plant systematic work. The 2007 award was presented to John T. Mickel. The Asa Gray Award honors an individual for outstanding accomplishments pertinent to the goals of the Society. Scott A. Mori was the 2007 Asa Gray Award recipient. In 2006, the Grady L. Webster Awards were established by Drs. Barbara D. Webster and Susan V. Webster to honor the work of their husband and father. The rotating awards consist of two components presented in alternating years. BSA presented the first Grady L. Webster Structural Botany Publication Award last summer. At the Botany 2008 meeting, ASPT will bestow the first Grady L. Webster Plant Systematics Publication Award. The winner of the first ASPT award will be selected from papers published in Systematic Botany, volumes 31 and 32, and issues of Systematic Botany Monographs that appeared during 2006 and 2007. The current officers for the 2008 fiscal year (1 September 2007 to 31 August 2008) are: President PAUL E. BERRY, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Michigan, 2035 Kraus Natural Science, 830 N University Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1048. Tele: (734) 647-3689. E-mail: peberry@umich.edu Past President VICKI A. FUNK, Department of Botany, MRC-166, Smithsonian Institution, PO Box 37012, Washington, DC 20013-7012. Tele: (202) 633-0950. E-mail: funkv@si.edu President-Elect BRUCE G. BALDWIN, Department of Integrative Biology, Jepson Herbarium, University of California, 1001 Valley Life Science Building, Berkeley, CA 94720-2465. Tele: (510) 643-7008. E-mail: bbaldwin@berkeley.edu 27 26 http://www.aspt.net http://www.aspt.net

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Botany 2008 Conference Program Contents Welcome To Vancouver General Meeting Information Scientific Field Trips Scientific And Educational Workshops Botany 2008 Plenary Address Botany 2008 Special Lectures Participating Societies Exhibitors And Sponsors Saturday, July 26 Sunday, July 27 Monday, July 28 Tuesday, July 29th Wednesday, July 30th Thursday, July 31th Poster Presentations Author Index By Session Number Week At A Glance Map - University Of British Columbia

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