Webinar: Salvia pollination and diversification, April 25, 7 pm
Robin Mitchell
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With over 300,000 species, angiosperms (flowering plants) exhibit exceptional structural diversity in vegetative and reproductive traits. These traits have facilitated their spread across most terrestrial environments. The genus Salvia, which is in the Lamiaceae/mint family, has more than 1,000 species and is among the largest angiosperm genera. It is notable for its floral diversification. This diversity has been widely attributed to the mechanism that enables precise pollen placement on pollinators. In this talk, Dr. Kriebel will examine the evolutionary history of this mechanism and will present new observations about it.
Ricardo Kriebel is a Costa Rican botanist who currently serves as Assistant Curator and McAllister Chair of Botany at the California Academy of Sciences. His main interests are the taxonomy and evolution of the princess flower family (Melastomataceae) and more recently the biogeography and floral evolution of the genus Salvia (sages).