[PCA] WEBINAR: Herbaria: Collectively Saving Plant and Fungal Biodiversity; Jan 8, 2021; 11 AM - 12 PM ET

[Carr, Amanda (Mandie) N]

WEBINAR: HERBARIA: COLLECTIVELY SAVING PLANT AND FUNGAL BIODIVERSITY



*Webinar date/time: Friday January 8, 2021; 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM ET



*Duration: 1 hour



*What will you learn?



For nearly six centuries, scientists have been documenting the plants and fungi of the world through herbaria. The basic preparation of specimens that are housed in an herbarium has changed relatively little over time. But the invention of this simple technology was a key innovation in transforming the study of these organisms from a minor subdiscipline of medicine into an independent scientific endeavor. In this webinar based on her newly published book, Herbarium: The Quest to Preserve and Classify the World's Plants<https://nybgshop.org/herbarium-the-quest-to-preserve-and-classify-the-worlds-plants/>, Dr. Barbara Thiers discusses the intricate history of herbaria and how these biological collections have allowed scientists to characterize and understand plant and fungi diversity on a global scale.



*Presenter: Dr. Barbara Thiers, Director of the William and Lynda Steere Herbarium at The New York Botanical Garden, President of the American Society of Plant Taxonomists, and past president of the Society for the Preservation of Natural History Collections



*Details and registration: https://www.nybg.org/event/herbaria-collectively-saving-plant-and-fungal-biodiversity/



*Webinar hosted by: The New York Botanical Garden

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