Brief Introduction

In 1996 the first Symposium of Botany of Baja California and adjacent areas was held in the School of Sciences of the Autonomous University of Baja California, campus Ensenada (UABC). The goal: to exchange knowledge about studies of the botany of the binational region, to provide young student a forum to present their thesis results and to develop professional networks. 

Twelve times, the symposium was held at the UABC, twice at the Centro de Investigaciones Biológicas del Noroeste, La Paz, BCS (2000 and 2003), and twice at the Natural History Museum of San Diego (1998, 2002).

After 17 years, in its XVIth edition, the Binational Botany Symposium of Baja California returns to San Diego on December 12th and 13th, 2019. The topics are:

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• Plant Biology

• Taxonomy / Systematics

• Vegetation / Floristics

• Plant Ecology

• Climate Change 

• Biodiversity

• Paleobotany

• Biogeography

• Evolution / Molecular Biology

• Conservation

• Invasive species 

• Economic Botany / Ethnobotany

• Anatomy / Plant Physiology

• Natural Resources / Phytochemistry

• Scientific Collections