SEBOT It is the organisation that coordinates the leading scientific societies in the field of botany in Spain. On the one hand, it aims to fill the gap left by the absence of a multidisciplinary botanical society – something that has existed in neighbouring countries for over a century – whilst, at the same time, working together to meet the challenge of highlighting Spain’s plant diversity and the role plants play in human wellbeing. The federated societies are the Spanish Association of Aerobiology, the Association of Ibero-Macaronesian Herbariums, the Association of Spanish-Speaking Palynologists, the Spanish Society for Plant Conservation Biology, the Spanish Society for Bryology, the Spanish Society for Geobotany and the Society for Ethnobiology. Together, they have over 950 members, the majority of whom are university lecturers, researchers, government officials, students and botany enthusiasts, which has provided the federation with immense potential for action and outreach since its inception in 2019. Furthermore, recognising that several botanical groups do not have their own scientific society, the federation offers other botanists the opportunity to join this endeavour on an individual basis as affiliates, thereby enjoying virtually the same obligations and benefits as members of the federated associations.