August 18, 7pm Zoom meeting
Lois Neff: Nemacladus: history, hunting, and sorting the species
Nemacladus
(Campanulaceae), is a genus of 26 mostly desert annuals. I will
introduce them through images of the tiny flowers. In the
post-apocalypse of my thesis defense and during the Covid-19 quarantine,
I decided to put faces to names--that is, I'd read articles by numerous
botanists for my study, but knew nothing about them as people. I will
present a bit about these botanists and their contributions. Also, I've
met and interacted via email with several Nemacladus hunters, and will
share how they hunt for Nemacladus. This part of the presentation is
partly self-serving, as I would love to have more people looking for the
plants, and letting me know when they find them! I will convey some
details about what I did for my thesis--enough to give you an idea of
the complexity and complications involved in studying Nemacladus.
Lois Neff is a master’s student in Dr. Tina Ayers’ lab at Northern Arizona University studying plant systematics and evolution.
Email flagstaffAZNPS AT gmail.com for the Zoom link and password. This talk will not be recorded.
Image: Nemacladus flowers. Image credit: Lois Neff
Arizona Native Plant Society talks are free and open to the public.
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