Plant Talk 2014-2015

An informal lunchtime seminar venue in the Biology Department

at Florida International University - Wednesday from noon to 1 pm

 in  WC 130  

[or other times and places as listed below]

We invite you to join us

for relaxed research presentations, half-baked hypotheses, travelogues, virtual visits to near and far away field sites, and who knows?  The lineup is ever-changing...

If you would like to give a presentation, or more information, please contact Scott Zona (ph. 305-348-1247) or Suzanne Koptur (ph. 305-348-3103).

date

presenter

topic

3 Sep 2014

 

Michael Britton

Pteriffic Pteridophytes: Ecophysiology of Ferns from a Fernatic

17 September

Nicole Sebesta

The effects of fire on the reproduction of Lygodium microphyllum (Old World Climbing Fern)

1 October

Xavier Cortada

Participatory Eco-Art Projects: Cultivating an Engaged Citizenry

15 October

Brad Bennett

Pioneer Ethnobotany Southeastern Florida

29 October

Justin Cummings

tba

12 November

Jeremy May

tba

26 November

Javier Francisco-Ortega

The History of Plant Exploration in the Cape Verde Islands

3 December 2014

Paulo Oliveira (Universidade Estadual de Campinas, Brasil)

 Ant/fruit interactions in Neotropical ecosystems: effects on the biology of seeds and seedlings -  ECS 136

21 Jan 2015

no plant talk

4 February

Christopher Vincent (University of Florida)

Linking papaya horticulture to its eco-physiology

18 February

Belén Fadrique

Effects of altitude and topography on liana biomass in southern Ecuadorian montane forests

18 March

Ligia Collado-Vides

 

The Laurencia complex in south Florida:  beautiful red algae with a very complex taxonomy

1 April

Javier Francisco-Ortega

The making of the first flora of Puerto Rico in the late 19th Century

15 April

Wyatt Sharber (UMiami)

My studies in the Malvaceae subfamily Byttnerioideae: unusual flowers, intriguing biogeography, and taxonomic mysteries