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Michael Cichan Award Presented by the Paleobotanical Section, B.S.A. 2002 The Michael Cichan Award recognizes the best paper or book published in the last year on a topic that bridges the boundary between plant structure and plant evolution. The award is presented at the annual meetings of the Society. The award for 2012 is presented to : Dr. Jean Galtier Botanique et Bioinformatique de l'Archiectures des Plantes (AMAP) For the paper: “The origins and early evolution of the megaphylous leaf.? International Journal of Plant Sciences 171"641-661 History of the award and previous winners.