Modern Plant Biosystematics: Commemorating 50 years of the International Organization of Plant Biosystematists.
Abstract
The history of the International Organization of Plant Biosystematists (IOPB) dates back to 1960, when the Committee on Biosystematic Terminology of the International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) was created, and to 1961, when this Committee became an autonomous organization, named IOPB, within the IAPT. The main idea of the organization followed approaches contained within the classical studies of Clausen, Keck and Hiesey (Clausen, 1951) and the coining of the term biosystematics ("biosystematy") by Camp & Gilly (1943), which emphasized determining the natural units of the plant world.
This involves using experimental taxonomy, cytotaxonomy, cytogeography, genecology, biometry, microevolutionary and speciation studies as opposed to traditional taxonomy.