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Floral morphology in Claytonia: How much variation is ‘normal’ for a species?
Ok, so you may remember this recent post, where I asked for interested people to send me pictures of as many flowers as they could photograph… The premise is simple: How much variation is considered...
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Can I borrow $20? I’ll pay you back with publications…
Hey all — two quick ‘news’ items: (1) I passed my qualifying exams… wow! Next step, actually writing my proposed dissertation. I am thinking something along the lines of this FUN title:...
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Will the REAL Claytonia lanceolata please stand up…
Hey all! I wanted to take this opportunity to give you a brief overview of my dissertation research, hopefully explaining a bit better how my own research relates to the AWESOME project I’m flying for...
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Spring Beauty Pageant — let’s try this again…
Hey, all — I’m following up on a popular blog post from last year, ‘which is the cutest?‘, where I pit some of the cutest Claytonia I know against each other in a winner-takes-all Battle Royale… C....
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THANKS (Experimental Success!)… and a report on my Northern California and...
Above, two members of the genus Claytonia from different Sections — C. “serpenticola” (an undescribed species in Section Claytonia) on the left, and C. rubra (Section Limnia) on the right. The two...
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Beginning of the end of Silene verecunda sensu lato
Hey, all — I thought I would share with you that my recent manuscript with colleagues (Diana D. Jolles and Heath A. Bartosh) describing a new species of Silene (Caryophyllaceae) has finally been...
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It has been a while, but I’ve been busy…
Hey, all — I wanted to share a short post with you, some links that detail my activities in the field over the last two weeks in Idaho and Montana. I’ve been on the hunt for Claytonia, Silene, Boechera...
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Yukon — too much good stuff!
Cheers from the Ogilvie Mountains! Hey, all — I have returned from the Yukon Territory and I want to share with you at least SOME of the highlights regarding my fieldwork there. Ingrid Jordon-Thaden...
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Hybridization — problems, or solutions?
Claytonia perfoliata species complex on the Tejon Ranch — this is only the beginning of your Montiaceae-related nightmares… The taxonomy for the annual species of Claytonia (section Limnia) is VERY...
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Hybridization — are generalist pollinators the key to success?
I’ve been on a bit of a rant lately concerning hybridization in plant species complexes, which recently resulted in my last post suggesting hybridization could be a potential ‘solution’ to the problem...
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Oops, that took embarassingly long: UPDATE on what’s new with western Claytonia
First off (technically second, after the eye candy above), I need to announce that my research on Claytonia (Montiaceae) has been recently funded [yay!] by the National Science Foundation. You can see...
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And now something different…
It has been a while since I blabbered about the cotyledons of Claytonia, but I want to let you all in on something I find VERY interesting…… so maybe we should start with a survey, to see what you...
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Free data isn’t free… except in this case.
Hey, all y’all! I am VERY excited to announce that I am ready and willing to share ddRADSeq data (double digest, Restriction site Associated DNA Sequences) with anyone and everyone that can benefit...
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Claytonia rubra, what is that? pt. II
Hi, all — I’ve decided to switch things up and simply chat with you a bit about a topic that has apparently been the most popular on my blog so far: Claytonia rubra (Howell) Tidestrom. You may find...
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Daredevil Botany: Boechera peirsonii survey turns up new population locality
Doesn’t the above (or below) picture look like a fun place to do a plant survey? I thought so… until I did it, that is. Imagine yourself romping around at 11,000 feet in elevation on a slope as steep...
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