Botanical Electronic News

“BEN (Botanical Electronic News) is an electronic newsletter that deals with botany and plant ecology of predominantly British Columbia, Canada and the Pacific Northwest (from California to Alaska) with broader references to planet Earth.”

Since its inception in 1991, BEN has been a favourite of naturalists for its reporting on news of interest: changes in plant names, discoveries of new populations of plants, book reviews, publication of identification keys, biographies, obituaries and more. Compiled and distributed by the Dr. Adolf Ceska, it is one of the best and easiest ways to keep informed about news of note to naturalists.

Links:

Botanical Electronic News Information Page, which includes how to subscribe
The BEN-L Archive

Posted by Daniel Mosquin at 10:31 PM on January 29, 2004

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