Private company
Logo: Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons4
Learned society for botany in Germany
The German Society for Plant Sciences (also known as German Botanical Society, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, DBG) is a non-profit network for plant sciences and botany in the German-speaking area. It was founded 1882 at Eisenach, Germany. In July 2020 it comprises more than 900 individual members and persons working or interested in plant science.2 It is headquartered in Berlin.1 Wikipedia text CC BY-SA 4.0
Last updated Oct 21, 2026.
See how the biggest companies compare on our leaderboards
The German Society for Plant Sciences (also known as German Botanical Society, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, DBG) is a non-profit network for plant sciences and botany in the German-speaking area. It was founded 1882 at Eisenach, Germany. In July 2020 it comprises more than 900 individual members and persons working or interested in plant science. The society supports young scientists and unites all generations.2
DBG was founded in September 1882 at Eisenach, Germany, and is among the oldest scientific societies for plant sciences in the world. In 2007 it celebrated its 100th anniversary during its Botanikertagung in Hamburg, Germany, and published a commemorative publication about its history.
From Wikipedia’s article on German Society for Plant Sciences, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
DBG is member of national as well as international umbrella organisations: It is a founding member of the national Verband Biologie, Biowissenschaften und Biomedizin in Deutschland (VBIO). By being a member of the Deutsches Nationalkomitee Biologie (abbreviated DNK, German National Committee of Biology), DBG is internationally networked with the International Union of Biological Sciences. It also is a member of the Federation of European Societies for Plant Biology (FESPB) and associate partner of the European Plant Science Organisation (EPSO).
From Wikipedia’s article on German Society for Plant Sciences, shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.5
The numbers on this page point here. Each one links to the record it came from.
