The Royal Dutch Botanical Association (KNBV) is a scientific association that deals with botany. The association was founded in 1845 by former students of C.G.C. Reinwardt as the Vereeniging for the Dutch Flora. In 1850 the name changed to Vereeniging for the Flora of the Netherlands and its overseas possessions, when it was decided to extend the area of work of the association with the study of the flora of the Dutch colonies. Later the name changed to Dutch Botanical Vereeniging.
Membership is accessible to all. The purpose of the association is to promote the knowledge about plants. This enables the association to promote research and education in various sub-areas of the botany, including plant ecology, plant economics, vegetation, plant physiology and molecular botany. The association is divided into a number of specialized sections: Phytopathology, Research and Conservation Wild Flora, Plant Physiology, Reproduction Biology, Plant Genetics and Genomics, Vegetation Research and Plant Systematics. The association and the sections are led by scientists who often work at Dutch universities and other research institutes.
The association organizes various activities for its members, including member meetings, excursions, lectures and symposia. The association also grants subsidies from the Scholarships Scholarships to members for scientific activities. The award of the Hugo de Vries Prize is a joint initiative of the KNBV and the Stichitng Hugo de Vries Fund. This prize of 5000 euros is awarded for the best doctoral dissertation in the field of botany that was defended at a Dutch university in that year.
In collaboration with Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, the KNBV is responsible for the content of Plant Biology, a scientific magazine published by Wiley-Blackwell from January 2008.
Since 2010, Joop Schaminée is president of the KNBV. Externe link
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