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The Czech Botanical Society (CBS) is a voluntary non-profit organization associating those interested in all fields of botany, both professionals and amateurs. The CBS holds lectures, field courses and excursions. Activities of the Society also include publishing of botanical literature, mainly journals or reports.

History
The Czech Botanical Society was established on 17 June 1912. The first chairman was Prof. Josef Velenovský. In 1914, the first volume of the journal Preslia was published. Activities of the Society, including the publishing of the journal, were disturbed by the First World War. In 1919 the Society was restored and renamed as the Czechoslovak Botanical Society (CSBS).

The next chairman was prof. Karel Domin, who lead the Society until prohibition of activities during the Second World War.

In post-war period the CSBS was again renewed. The journal Preslia was restored in 1952 and has since that time been published quarterly. In 1966, a second journal, i. e. Reports of the Czech (Czechoslovak) Botanical Society was established, and since 1973 annual conferences have been organized. A third journal, Bryonora, was established in 1988.

After the separation of Slovakia from the former Czechoslovakia (1993), the Society returned to its original name Czech Botanical Society.

Branches, sections and work groups
The Society has the following branches, sections and work groups :

• Western Bohemian Branch

• Southern Bohemian Branch

• Northern Bohemian Branch

• Eastern Bohemian Branch

• Southern Moravian Branch

• Moravian-Silesian Branch

• Bryological and Lichenological Section

• Dendrological Section

• Floristic Section

• Work Group for Nature Protection

• Work Group for the Study of Macrophytes in Waters and Wetlands

Publications
The society publishes the following journals and reports:
 * Preslia
 * Reports of the Czech (Czechoslovak) Botanical Society - Zprávy České (Československé) botanické společnosti
 * Bryonora