The International Euphorbia Society (IES) was founded in January 2005. It is dedicated to the furtherance of knowledge of plant

Plant

Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...

s of the Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbiaceae

Euphorbiaceae, the Spurge family are a large family of flowering plants with 300 genera and around 7,500 species. Most are herbs, but some, especially in the tropics, are also shrubs or trees. Some are succulent and resemble cacti....

 and of their cultivation.
The IES produces the full colour A4 size journal

Scientific journal

In academic publishing, a scientific journal is a periodical publication intended to further the progress of science, usually by reporting new research. There are thousands of scientific journals in publication, and many more have been published at various points in the past...

 Euphorbia World three times a year, with fully illustrated articles on all aspects of this fascinating plant family

Family (biology)

In biological classification, family is* a taxonomic rank. Other well-known ranks are life, domain, kingdom, phylum, class, order, genus, and species, with family fitting between order and genus. As for the other well-known ranks, there is the option of an immediately lower rank, indicated by the...

, to appeal to beginners as well as specialists. The journal is refereed by well known botanists including Susan Carter Holmes

Susan Carter Holmes

Susan Carter Holmes is a botanist and taxonomist at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. She discovered and catalogued more than 200 plants of the family Euphorbiaceae, particularly of the succulent East African members of the genera Euphorbia and Monadenium, as well as about 20 Aloe species...

, who is also President. The language is English.

Currently the IES has about 300 members from 30 countries around the world, and articles in the journal also reflect the international cooperation which goes into the publication. The committee members themselves are spread over 4 European countries, so the society from top to bottom is truly international.