Associations, Authorities, Organizations & Publications…
BAEE – “Botanical Artists for Education & the Environment (BAEE) is a nonprofit organization formed in 2011 by botanical artists in the Washington, DC metropolitan area. We want to inspire our artists to paint regularly and to create a means to showcase their work. At the suggestion and with the encouragement of our teacher and mentor, Anne-Marie Evans, BAEE artists embarked on an ambitious project in 2011: to publish a book of plants native to the mid Atlantic.”
BAGSC – “The Botanical Artists Guild of Southern California (BAGSC) is a chapter of the American Society of Botanical Artists, and is dedicated to encouraging the development of botanical art and the promotion of public awareness of this artistic tradition. We strive to illustrate the diversity of plant life, as well as bring attention to those species and ecosystems which are imperiled. Guild members are committed to improving their artistry and technical abilities. The Guild supports and sponsors workshops with local experts and visiting lecturers in areas such as drawing and painting botanical subjects, botany, calligraphy, and resources.”
BBGS – Bellvue Botanical Garden Society (not an Herbarium Acronym)
BBGS (See also BBGS-USA) – Biblical Botanical Gardens Society – A somewhat nebulous international organization. The US branch is centered on the outreach of Dr. Ed Bez, of Conyers, Georgia.
BBS – “The British Bryological Society exists to promote the study of mosses and liverworts. With a full programme of field meetings, a paper reading meeting, recording and research projects, an international academic journal and a lively membership magazine there is something for everyone interested in learning about bryophytes.”
BBSRC – The Biotechnology and Biosciences Research Council “is part of UK Research and Innovation, a new body which works in partnership with universities, research organisations, businesses, charities, and government to create the best possible environment for research and innovation to flourish. We aim to maximise the contribution of each of our component parts, working individually and collectively. We work with our many partners to benefit everyone through knowledge, talent and ideas.” (2019, BBSRC website)
BCAP – “Botanical Capacity Assessment Project (BCAP): completed in 2010, this project assessed current and future botanical capacity in the United States with the goal of understanding the resources we currently have to conserve and manage native plant species and habitat, identifying gaps in capacity, and highlighting opportunities to fill gaps in the future. Learn more and download a free final report at the BCAP website.” See also BGCI
BCI – Barro Colorado Island. See STRI
BCFN – “Barilla Center for Food & Nutrition (Italy) works to promote science and research for combating hunger and malnutrition worldwide. “
BCW – “The Mission of the Botanical Club of Wisconsin: To promote the preservation of native plants through restoration projects, natural area identification, and rare plant protection; To educate the public as to the value of Wisconsin’s plants and the natural communities in which they grow; To foster research on the life history and biology of members of our native flora; [and] To provide a means for fellowship and information exchange among Wisconsin’s plant enthusiasts.”
BES – “We are the British Ecological Society: the oldest ecological society in the world. We were established in 1913 and we have been fostering the science of ecology ever since. We have 6,400 members around the world and bring people together across regional, national and global scales to advance ecological science. Membership is open to anyone, anywhere.”
BFVEA – “The BFVEA is a friendly association which was established in 1998 to support and serve the best interests of all practitioners of flower and vibrational essence therapy as well as providing an information resource for the general public. In 2013 it helped form the essence therapy lead body – the Confederation of Registered Essence Practitioners (www.corep.net) – which now serves as the knowledge base for essence practice in the UK. The BFVEA is supported by well known essence enthusiasts such as our Lifetime Presidents Dr. Andrew Tresidder and the actor Martin Shaw.“
BGCI – ”Botanic Gardens Conservation International is a membership organisation representing a network of 500 botanic gardens in more than 100 countries, including the largest and most influential gardens in the sector. BGCI is the largest plant conservation network in the world, and aims to collect, conserve, characterise and cultivate samples from all of the world’s plants as an insurance policy against their extinction in the wild and as a source of plant material for human innovation, adaptation and resilience. ¶The BGCI network of botanic gardens includes: globally significant ex situ collections, covering approximately a third of known plant diversity; world class seed banks, glass houses and tissue culture infrastructures, and; technical knowledge networks covering all aspects of plant conservation policy, practice and education. BGCI is in a prime position to promote an efficient, cost-effective and rational approach to plant conservation in botanic gardens. We do this in four ways by: 1 Leading and advocacy, promoting the role of botanic gardens to policymakers and funders in delivering the Global Strategy for Plant Conservation.; 2 Leading innovative and strategic projects achieving outcomes in plant conservation policy, practice and education; 3 Co-ordinating efforts and building plant conservation capacity in botanic gardens and broader society; 4 Providing funding.”
BHL – “The Biodiversity Heritage Library (BHL) is a consortium of natural history and botanical libraries that cooperate to digitize the legacy literature of biodiversity held in their collections and to make that literature available for open access and responsible use as a part of a global “biodiversity commons.” The BHL consortium works with the international taxonomic community, rights holders, and other interested parties to ensure that this biodiversity heritage is made available to a global audience through open access principles. In partnership with the Internet Archive and through local digitization efforts, the BHL has digitized millions of pages of taxonomic literature, representing over 120,000 titles and over 200,000 volumes.”
BIEN – “the Botanical Information and Ecology Network is a network of ecologists, botanists, and computer scientists working together to document global patterns of plant diversity, function and distribution. Here you will find access to, for all plant species in the New World, (i) geo-referenced plant observations from herbarium, plot, and trait records; (ii) vegetation and plot inventories; (iii) species geographic distribution maps; (iv) plant traits; (v) a species-level phylogeny for all plants in the New World; and (vi) cross-continent, continent, and country-level species lists…. BIEN is an NCEAS Working Group. Ongoing development of BIEN cyberinfrastructure is also supported by the US National Science Foundation through the iPlant Collaborative or Cyverse.” (See also NSR)
BISCOT – “Botanical Images Scotia (BISCOT) is a juried botanical art exhibition which takes place in Edinburgh, Scotland every year. It is an international exhibition which over the years has welcomed some of the best botanical artists from around the world. ¶Working together, BISCOT, The Royal Caledonian Horticultural Society and The Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh provide an opportunity for botanical artists and illustrators to exhibit at two locations in Edinburgh – Gardening Scotland and the Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh.”
BLM – Bureau of Land Management
BPS – The British Pteridological Society: “The Objects of the Society are to promote all aspects of pteridology by encouraging the appreciation, conservation, cultivation and scientific study of ferns, horsetails, clubmosses and quillworts through publications, meetings, the provision of grants and other appropriate means.”
BSA – Founded in 1893, the Botanical Society of America (BSA) is a “not-for-profit” 501 (c) (3) membership society whose mission is to: promote botany, the field of basic science dealing with the study and inquiry into the form, function, development, diversity, reproduction, evolution, and uses of plants and their interactions within the biosphere. (BSA website) The BSA publishes the AJB (American Journal of Botany)”
BSBI – “The Botanical Society of Britain and Ireland is for everyone who cares about the wild plants of Britain and Ireland. Since 1836, we’ve been promoting the study, understanding and enjoyment of British and Irish botany. We support all botanists – beginner or expert, amateur or professional – as they identify, record and map what grows where: our data and knowledge underpin the conservation of the British and Irish flora.”
BSC – “The Botanical Society of China (BSC) serves as the national organization for botany and plant research in China. It aims to promote research and education of all areas of plant science, to encourage academic exchange between different disciplines, to enhance the public awareness of plant diversity and its investigations, as well as to foster and strength the communication and co-operation between Chinese scientists and their foreign counterparts.” (from the GPC website)
BSI – Bromeliad Society International. “The purposes of this society are to promote and maintain public and scientific interest in the research, development, preservation, and distribution of bromeliads, both natural and hybrid, throughout the world.”
Description, Structure, Classification, Ecology, Cultivation….
B – in floral formulae, for bracts
bf- board foot: “A measure for lumber, equal to a 1-inch thick board that is 12 inches wide and 1 foot long in nominal dimensions (a 2×6, for example, is less than 2 inches thick and 6 inches wide, but a 1-foot long 2×6 is still counted as 1 board foot); typically reported in thousands of board feet (mbf). Also used to estimate the volume of lumber that can be produced from logs and standing trees.“ (Womach, 2005)
bbf – billion board feet
BGAB – Blue-green Algal Blooms
BNF – Biological Nitrogen Fixation
BORALF – soil classification – a kind of Alfisol
BOROLL – soil classification – a kind of Mollisol
BROW / BROWS – Barley, Rye, Oats, Wheat, Spelt. A dietary acronym, spelling out the grains that harbor some form of gluten.
Bt – in floral formulae, for bracteoles
Bt – in pathology/pesticides, Bacillus thur
Kew Plant Family Abbreviations:
BAS – Basellaceae – dicot
BAT – Bataceae – dicot
BAU – Baueraceae – dicot
BBD** – Berberidopsidaceae – dicot
BBS – Biebersteiniaceae – dicot
BBU – Barbeuiaceae – dicot
BCL – Barclayaceae – dicot
BEG – Begoniaceae – dicot
BEH** – Behniaceae – monocot
BER – Berberidaceae – dicot
BET – Betulaceae – dicot
BIG – Bignoniaceae – dicot
BIS – Bischofiaceae – dicot
BIX – Bixaceae – dicot
BLA** – Blandfordiaceae – monocot
BLE – Blechnaceae – pteridophyte
BLN – Balanopaceae – dicot
BLS – Balsaminaceae – dicot
BLT – Balanitaceae – dicot
BML – Bromeliaceae – monocot
BMN – Burmanniaceae – monocot
BNI – Bruniaceae – dicot
BNL – Brunelliaceae – dicot
BNN – Brunoniaceae – dicot
BNN** – Bonnetiaceae – dicot
BNP – Balanophoraceae – dicot
BOM – Bombacaceae – dicot
BOR – Boraginaceae – dicot
BOW* – Boweniaceae – gymnosperm
BPC – Blepharocaryaceae – dicot
BRA – Brassicaceae – dicot
BRB – Barbeyaceae – dicot
BRL – Boerlagellaceae – dicot
BRR – Barringtoniaceae – dicot
BRS – Burseraceae – dicot
BRT – Bretschneideraceae – dicot
BRX – Brexiaceae – dicot
BRY** – Boryaceae – monocot
BTR – Botrychiaceae – pteridophyte
BUD – Buddlejaceae – dicot
BUT – Butomaceae – monocot
BUX – Buxaceae – dicot
BYB – Byblidaceae – dicot
BYT – Byttneriaceae – dicot
Genes, Control, Molecules, Diseases, & Pathways…
B – Boron
BAC – Bacterial artificial chromosome libraries
BAM, BARELY ANY MERISTEM – gene
BBD – Beech Bark Disease
Bc – Boea crassifolia, as referenced in citations of genes, proteins, etc., i.e. BcMYB1
BELL – factor –
BER – Blossom End Rot: “Blossom End Rot (BER) in Tomatoes, Carolyn Male, Jul 27, 2001 3:08 pm… (quoted from WebGrower.com): Blossom End Rot (BER) is one of the most common tomato problems seen in the early part of the season. It is a physiological condition, not a disease caused by a fungus, a bacterium or a virus. Therefore it cannot be treated, and is very difficult, if not impossible, to prevent. BER has nothing to do with the blossoms, it refers to the fact that at the end of the tomato opposite the place where the tomato is attached to the stem, called the stem end, is the bottom of the tomato, which is called the blossom end. You often can see remnants of the blossom attached to that end as the tomato forms. At the blossom end one sees a flattened area that looks leathery and initially brown and then black, as the fruit rots.”
BES – factor
BHA – Butylated hydroxyanisole, an antioxidant used to retard rancidity in foods with fat content, listed as carcinogenic in California.
BHT – Butylated hydroxytoluene, also dibutylhydroxytoluene, an antioxidant used as a preservative in many products, from bread to embalming fluids.
BIM – factor
BNA – Brasil Nut Albumen: (Ismail Cakmak & Ross M. Welch, November 25, 2009, EOLSS Publications, Impacts of Agriculture on Human Health and Nutrition, Vol II) “BNA, which was first used for engineering high methionine grain legumes, turned out to be an allergen. Although it was known that a small percentage of individuals reacts allergically when eating Brazil nut, the nuts’ allergenic factor was unknown. It became evident that the methionine-rich BNA is one of the strongest allergens in Brazil nut…. BNA was withdrawn from the list of methionine donor proteins for genetic engineering…. This case strongly sensitized the public to genetically engineered feed and food….”
BZR – factor
BDL, BODENLOS – trans
BRI
BRL
Bt – abbreviation – Bacillus thuringiensis
BUD
Herbaria….
B – Botanischer Garten und Botanisches Museum Berlin-Dahlem, Zentraleinrichtung der Freien Universität Berlin, Berlin, Germany
BAA, BAF – Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
BAB – Instituto Nacional de TecnologÌa Agropecuaria Argentina, Buenos Aires
BAK Academy of Sciences of Azerbaijan, Baku, Azerbaijan
BAS, BASBG – Universität Basel Basel Switzerland
BAYLU – Baylor University Herbarium, Waco, Texas
BBG – Birmingham Botanical Gardens Herbarium, Birmingham, Alabama
BC – Institut Botànic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
BCN – Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
BDI – Putnam Museum of History and Natural Science Herbarium, Davenport, Iowa
BDWR – Bridgewater College Herbarium, Bridgewater, Virginia
BEDF – New England Wild Flower Society Herbarium, Framingham, Massachusetts
BELC – Steven Pearl Lathrop Herbarium, Beloit College, Beloit, Wisconsin
BEO – Herbarium of the Balkan Peninsula, Natural History Museum, Belgrade, Serbia
BEOU – University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
BEREA – Berea College Herbarium, Berea, Kentucky
BERN – University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland
BFDL – Forest Products Laboratory Herbarium, Madison, Wisconsin
BG – University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
BGSU – Bowling Green State University Herbarium, Bowling Green, Ohio
BH – L. H. Bailey Hortorium Herbarium, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York
BHCB – Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, Minas Gerais, Brazil;
BHO – Ohio University Herbarium, Athens, Ohio
BHSC – Black Hills State University Herbarium, Spearfish, South Dakota
BHUPM – Museum für Naturkunde, Berlin, Berlin, Germany
BIGU – University of San Carlos of Guatemala, Guatemala, Guatemala
BILAS – Institute of Botany, Lithuania, Vilnius, Lithuania
BING – State University of New York Herbarium, Binghamton University, Binghamton, New York
BIRM – University of Birmingham, Birmingham, England, UK
BISH – Herbarium Pacificum, Bishop Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii
BKL Brooklyn Botanic Garden Herbarium Brooklyn New York
BLAT – St. Xavier’s College, Blatter Herbarium” “India; Mumbai, Maharashtra”
BLH – Billington Herbarium, Cranbrook Institute of Science, Bloomfield, Hills Michigan
BLMLK – Bureau of Land Management Herbarium, Lakeview, Oregon
BM – British Museum of Natural History, London, England, UK
BNL – Bundesamt für Naturschutz, Bonn, Germany
BO – Herbarium Bogoriense (Indonesian Institute of Sciences), Indonesia, Bogor, West Java
BOIS – Rocky Mountain Research Station Herbarium, Boise, Idaho
BOL – Bolus Herbarium, Rondebosch, Western Cape Province, South Africa
BOLO – Università di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
BOON – I.W. Carpenter Jr. Herbarium, Appalachian State University, Boone, North Carolina
BORD – Jardin Botanique de la Ville de Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France
BPPI – Forest Research, Development and Innovation agency, Bogor, West Java, Indonesia
BPS – Gilbert L. Stout Plant Disease Herbarium, California Department of Food and Agriculture, Sacramento, California
BR – National Botanic Garden of Belgium, Meise, Belgium
BRCH – Botanical Research Center Herbarium, Bryan, Texas
BREM – Übersee-Museum, Bremen, Germany
BRH – Forest Department Herbarium, Ministry of Natural Resources, Local Government, and the Environment, Belmopan, Belize
BRI – Queensland Herbarium, Australia, Brisbane, Queensland
BRIP – Queensland Plant Pathology Herbarium, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
BRIT, SMU, VDB – Botanical Research Institute of Texas Herbarium, Fort Worth, Texas
BRLU – Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
BROC – State University of New York Herbarium, SUNY Brockport, Brockport, New York
BRU – Steven T. Olney Herbarium, Brown University, Providence, Rhode Island
BRY – S. L. Welsh Herbarium, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah
BSC – Centro Oriental de Ecosistemas y Biodiversidad, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba
BSCA – Anza-Borrego Desert State Park Herbarium, Borrego Springs, California
BSID – Botanical Survey of India, Deccan Regional Centre, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh, India
BSIP – Solomon Islands National Herbarium, Honiara, Solomon Islands
BSN – Stuart K. Harris Herbarium Boston University Boston Massachusetts
BSUH – Ball State University Herbarium, Muncie, Indiana
BTJW – Bridger-Teton National Forest Herbarium, Jackson, Wyoming
BUF – Clinton Herbarium, Buffalo Museum of Science, Buffalo, New York
BUNS – University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
BUPL – Wayne E. Manning Herbarium, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
BUT – Friesner Herbarium, Butler University, Indianapolis, Indiana
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