Systematics Association

The Systematics Association (SystAss for short) is a charitable organisation based in the UK founded in 1937 for the promotion of the study of systematics and taxonomy. It publishes research, organises conferences, and provides competitive research funds^[1] for systematics research.

The Systematics Association

Abbreviation	SystAss
Formation	May 3, 1937
Legal status	Registered charity 270429
Purpose	Systematics & Taxonomy
Location	United Kingdom
President	David Williams
Website	www.systass.org
Formerly called	Committee on Systematics in Relation to General Biology

History

The society arose from informal meetings held between Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew & John Innes Horticultural Institute (Merton) staff, leading to the formation of a joint zoological and botanical "Committee on Systematics in Relation to General Biology" on May 3, 1937.^[2] The council then changed the name of the organisation to its present form. The original founding council included: Julian Huxley (Chairman), Hampton Wildman Parker (Zoological Secretary), and J. S. L. Gilmour (Botanical Secretary).^[2]

Functions

It publishes book volumes on a variety of related topics in the Systematics Association Special Volume Series ^[3] and a newsletter for members called The Systematist.^[4] An annual meeting especially for young researchers is usually held in the UK under its auspices as The Young Systematists' Forum.^[5]

Structure

Membership of the society is open to all by subscription.^[6] The Association's affairs are managed by a Council consisting of officers and members elected at annual general meetings. The officers are a President, a Secretary, a Meetings Secretary, a Grants & Awards Secretary, a Membership Secretary, a Treasurer, the Editor in Chief, a Newsletter Editor, and a Webmaster.^[7]

See also

• American Society of Plant Taxonomists
• Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik^[8]
• International Association for Plant Taxonomy
• The Linnean Society of London
• Society of Systematic Biologists
• Swiss Systematics Society^[9]
• Willi Hennig Society
• Systematic and evolutionary biogeography association

Further reading

• Hawksworth, D.L., ed. (1988). Prospects in systematics. Oxford: Published for the Systematics Association by Clarendon Press. ISBN 9780198577072.

References

1. "Funding opportunities". Systematics Association. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
2. Huxley, J. (1937). "Association for the Study of Systematics in Relation to General Biology". Nature. 140 (3534): 163. Bibcode:1937Natur.140R.163.. doi:10.1038/140163b0.
3. "Academic :: Cambridge University Press". Cambridge.org. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
4. "Newsletters of the Systematics Association". Systematics Association. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
5. "Young Systematists' Forum". Systematics Association. Retrieved 26 November 2018.
6. "Membership of the Systematics Association". Systematics Association. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
7. "Officers & Council of the Systematics Association (2013)". Systematics Association. Retrieved 10 November 2013.
8. "» GfBS: Startseite - Gesellschaft für Biologische Systematik (GfBS)". Gfbs-home.de. 2013-12-06. Retrieved 2014-01-03.
9. "Home". Swiss Systematics Society. Retrieved 10 November 2013.