International Botanical Congress

Congress 1987 in Berlin,
postage stamp 1987

The International Botanical Congress ( english International Botanical Congress , shortly IBC ) is a meeting of botanists from around the world. It takes place every six years and is organized by the International Association of Botanical and Mycological Societies ( IABMS ) .

By resolution of the congress in to the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature rules set for the botanical nomenclature be changed.

Overview of the congresses

	year	place	country
I.	1900	Paris	France
II	1905	Vienna	Austria
III	1910	Brussels	Belgium
IV	1926	Ithaca	United States
V	1930	Cambridge	United Kingdom
VI	1935	Amsterdam	Netherlands
VII	1950	Stockholm	Sweden
VIII	1954	Paris	France
IX	1959	Montreal	Canada
X	1964	Edinburgh	United Kingdom
XI	1969	Seattle	United States
XII	1975	Leningrad	Soviet Union
XIII	1981	Sydney	Australia
XIV	1987	West Berlin	Germany
XV	1993	Tokyo	Japan
XVI	1999	St. Louis	United States
XVII	2005	Vienna	Austria
XVIII	2011	Melbourne	Australia
XIX	2017	Shenzhen	People's Republic of China

proof

• History of the IBC (English)

Web links

• International Association of Botanical and Mycological Societies (IABMS)
• Congress 2017