Plant Systematics, Conservation Biology, and Ethnobotany

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Dr. Peter Hoch

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We have strong congruent evidence from multiple data sets that Ludwigia is sister to the rest of the Onagraceae. Recent molecular phylogenetic work in Ludwigia has generated hypotheses about relationships in the genus that differ from the traditional understanding of the genus. Morphological features, particularly of the capsules and seeds, show considerable variability, and may provide insight into relationships in this interesting aquatic genus.
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Dr. Christy Edwards

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Delphinium exaltatum (Ranunculaceae), tall larkspur, is an uncommon species that has a disjunct distribution in the Missouri Ozarks and in the Appalachian region. Given this unusual distribution, questions have arisen about whether gene flow is occurring between these two disjunct groups of populations, indicating that they form a single species, or whether the Ozark and Appalachian populations have been reproductively isolated for a sufficiently long period of time that they may each b...
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Dr. Tom Croat

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Revision of the genus Stenospermation (Araceae) for Central America. Stenospermation (Araceae subfam. Monsteroideae Tribe Monstereae) is a medium-sized genus for the Araceae with an estimated 250 species, occurring principally in the Andean region of South America.
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Dr. Matthew Albrecht

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Regeneration niche of Ozark chinquapin (Castanea ozarkensis) in native Ozark forests. Ozark chinquapin (Castanea ozarkensis) was once a socially and ecologically important native tree species to the Ozark Mountains in Missouri and Arkansas.
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