[PCA] Southern California Botanists Virtual Symposium October 24

[Naomi Fraga]

Southern California Botanists announces its 46th Annual Symposium to be
held virtually Saturday, October 24, 2020 9:00 am – 4:00 pm.

LIVING ON THE EDGE: Plants in Extreme Environments

*Online
Registration: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scb-symposium-living-on-the-edge-plants-in-extreme-environments-tickets-122844010743
<https://www.eventbrite.com/e/scb-symposium-living-on-the-edge-plants-in-extreme-environments-tickets-122844010743>*

*Speakers: *

   - *Maya Allen*- Resolving the phylogeny of a genus of obscure shrubs: A
   revised classification of Glossopetalon (Crossosomataceae)
   - *Michelle Cloud-Hughes* - It’s a Dry Heat: The tenacious Cactaceae of
   Southern California
   - *Maria Jesus* - A vascular flora of the southern Inyo Mountains, Inyo
   County, CA
   - *Jorge Montiel *- In between worlds: The amphibious life in
   Mediterranean vernal pools
   - *Keir Morse*- Bushmallows - The Genus Malacothamnus
   - *Mare Nazaire PhD* - Endless Forms: Herbarium digitization of
   imperiled plants with extreme morphological adaptations
   - *Adam Schneider PhD* - Parasites on the Edge
   - *Jay Sexton PhD* - Implications for constraints on niche evolution
   from 15 years of study across a plant species’ range
   - *Seema Sheth PhD* - The role of demographic and evolutionary processes
   in buffering populations from climate change
   - *Lorena Villanueva Almanza PhD*, Exequiel Ezcurra, Jacob B. Landis,
   and Daniel Koenig - Solving a palm mystery one trait at a time

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Naomi S. Fraga, Ph.D. (Director of Conservation Programs)
nfraga at calbg.org
Cell (626) 674-6746
California Botanic Garden (formerly Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden)
1500 N. College Avenue, Claremont, CA 91711
https://www.calbg.org/
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