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Tuesday, July 30th

Tuesday, July 30th, 8:30 am to 11:30 am · Tucson J/Starr Pass
Session CO07: Colloquium: Time to Dig: the importance of underground organs in plant evolution.
Presiding: Cody Coyotee Howard, University of Florida
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CO07001July 30th 8:30 amTucson J/Starr PassBelowground plant organs and why we should not keep ignoring them
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Colloquium PresentationsKlimesova, Jitka.belowground traits
storage organs
clonal growth organs
bud bearing organs
plant architecture
roots
rhizomes
bulbs
tubers
CO07002July 30th 9:00 amTucson J/Starr PassHave geophytic organs contributed to high species diversity in the Northern Hemisphere genus Iris?
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Colloquium PresentationsWilson, Carol.bioclimatic regions
biogeography
Iridaceae
plastome
phylogeny
targeted markers
CO07003July 30th 9:15 amTucson J/Starr PassDifferential gene expression in tuberous vs. non-tuberous roots of the tropical monocotyledonous geophyte Bomarea multiflora (Alstroemeriaceae)
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Colloquium PresentationsTribble, Carrie; Rothfels, Carl; Martinez-Gomez, Jesus; Alzate, Fernando; Specht, Chelsea.monocots
Liliales
geophytes
Root tubers
Transcriptomics
CO07004July 30th 9:30 amTucson J/Starr PassThe role of xylopodia in the evolution of Tibouchina s.s. (Melastomataceae)
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Colloquium PresentationsJantzen, Johanna; Soltis, Douglas; Soltis, Pamela.Xylopodia
Cerrado
Campos rupestres
Tibouchina
Melastomataceae
July 30th 9:45 amTucson J/Starr PassBreak
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CO07006July 30th 10:15 amTucson J/Starr PassState of the Spring Beauty Union: Natural groups, species diversity, and a modern taxonomic synthesis
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Colloquium PresentationsStoughton, Thomas; Jolles, Diana; O'Quinn, Robin.Claytonia
Montiaceae
hybridization
polyploidy
taxonomy
systematics
iNaturalist
citizen science
species complex
Edaphic evolution
endemism
edaphic
biodiversity
species diversity
geophytes
CO07007July 30th 10:30 amTucson J/Starr PassEvolutionary history of storage roots in morning glories
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Colloquium PresentationsEserman, Lauren; Leebens-Mack, Jim.underground storage organs
roots
sweetpotato
Transcriptomics
anatomy
phylogenomics
CO07008July 30th 10:45 amTucson J/Starr PassFunctional leaf traits predict below-ground biomass in response to drought among morphologically diverse but closely related geophyte species
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Colloquium PresentationsMocko, Kerri; Jones, Cynthia.drought
functional traits
photosynthesis
Leaf mass per area
South Africa
Pelargonium
CO07009July 30th 11:00 amTucson J/Starr PassThe evolutionary and ecological significance of size in bulbous monocots
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Colloquium PresentationsHoward, Cody Coyotee; Cellinese, Nico.geophytes
bulbs
monocots
ecology
evolution
CO07010July 30th 11:15 amTucson J/Starr PassOntologies as a framework to clarify Geophyte Terminology
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Colloquium PresentationsHoward, Cody Coyotee; Tribble, Carrie; Martinez-Gomez, Jesus; Males, Jamie; Sosa, Victoria; Sessa, Emily; Specht, Chelsea; Cellinese, Nico.geophytes
Ontologies

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