About SEB

The Society for Ethnobotany (SEB) is for people exploring the uses of plants and the relationships among plants, cultures, and our environment. In June 2023, the Society’s name changed from the Society for Economic Botany to the Society for Ethnobotany. Ethnobotany, termed “the science of survival,” encompasses a wide variety of studies of plants’ many roles in human affairs.

Meetings

SEB 2026 MEETING

To learn more about this year's SEB Annual Meeting in Montpellier, click here.

 

To learn more about this event, click here. To access the recording, current SEB members can login at the top of this page and click on the link to this event on the members-only resources page.

To learn more about this event, click here. To see the recording, click here.

Our Favorite Plants

Click here to read the latest "Our Favorite Plants" by graduate student, Tessa Thompason, about her favorite plant, Common Mallow (Malva neglecta).

Do you have a favorite plant? What makes a plant interesting and useful? Members of the Society for Ethnobotany have put together short web pages on their favorite plants: Our Favorite Plants. You can read through pages on plants such as wheat, golden root, and belladonna. The Society plans to expand the number of plants on the page. Society for Ethnobotany members are welcome and encouraged to contribute a page on their own favorite plant. For more information contact Blair Orr, blairorr@ymail.com (Note: ymail, not gmail).

Publications