Society for Economic Botany


The Society for Economic Botany is an international learned society covering the field of economic botany. It was established in 1959. Its official journal is Economic Botany, published on their behalf by Springer Science+Business Media and the New York Botanical Garden Press. The society also publishes a biannual newsletter, Plants and People. The society organizes annual meetings at different locations around the world, where it awards the prize of Distinguished Economic Botanist to particularly meritorious individuals.

Distinguished Economic Botanist prize

Recent recipients of the Distinguished Economic Botanist prize include:

Past Presidents

Past presidents of the society include: