Event Description
Despite their fascinating morphologies, anatomy, and evolutionary history, aquatic plants remain understudied and underrepresented in herbaria. This pattern, some say, is a consequence of botanists preferring not to get their feet wet. This event will show that practicing “Extreme Aquatic Botany” not only surpasses collection bias of botanical oddities, but also unveils the history of landscape evolution across time and space. It will specifically refer to ongoing projects at NYBG using collections in new ways to explore the fossil record, extract large-scale genetic data, and investigate how plants and rivers have evolved through time.
Event Information
Free and open to the public, registration required. Hosted by the New York Botanical Garden.
