ABC Announces Recipients of James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award

The nonprofit American Botanical Council (ABC), Austin, TX, has announced this year’s James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award recipients. The award was created in 2006 in honor of noted economic botanist and author, James A. Duke, PhD. It is given annually to books that provide a significant contribution to literature in the fields of botany, taxonomy, ethnobotany, phytomedicine, or other disciplines related to the vast field of medicinal plants.

The reference and technical book recipient is Medicinal Plants and the Legacy of Richard E. Schultes co-edited by Rainer W. Bussmann, PhD and Bruce E. Ponman. The recipient in the popular and consumer books category is Smoke Signals: A Social History of Marijuana – Medical, Recreational, and Scientific by Martin A. Lee.