[Ccb_faculty] FW: CalBotSoc Speaker Thursday (Feb 9): Forrest Freund

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CalBotSoc Speaker Thursday (Feb 9): Forrest Freund

Isoetes!!!!!

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*Subject:* CalBotSoc Speaker Thursday (Feb 9): Forrest Freund

Botany Speaker Series

Upcoming talk:

*Forrest Freund*
This Thursday

*February 9th, 2023*
7-8 pm PT

"Finding hidden quillworts: Identifying cryptic species in *Isoëtes* using
an integrative systematic approach*"*

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Talk Description

One of the greatest puzzles in taxonomy and conservation is addressing the
question of cryptic species. A cryptic species is one that is difficult to
differentiate from others, be they close or distantly related. The genus
Isoëtes has a high potential for crypsis: it is morphologically simple,
difficult to find in the field, and generally not very well known. When
studying the Californian members of the genus, I began to find signs that
there were cryptic taxa treated under the widespread species of *I.
nuttallii, I. minima* and *I. orcuttii*. To test my hypothesis that these
species harbored cryptic taxa, I used a combination of molecular
phylogenetics, population genetics and morphological observations to test
the veracity of the described species. As a result, I found that there were
not three, but seven species represented by the collections identified as *I.
nuttallii, I. minima* and *I. orcuttii*. My results show that not only is
there potentially greater taxonomic diversity in Isoëtes than previously
recognized, but this method, while time consuming, is capable of parsing
out cryptic species.

*Join us THIS Thursday!*
*February 9th, 2023*
*7-8 pm PT*

*Zoom link*
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Bio

Forrest was born and raised in the Sonoma / Marin region of California, and
has lived his entire life in the state. From a young age, he was fascinated
with plants, which eventually led to him pursuing a degree in Botany,
culminating in a PhD from UC Berkeley. Forrest has always been fascinated
with obscure, odd or less well known groups of plants, which led him to
work on the genus *Isoëtes*, a type of Lycophyte that is highly cryptic on
the landscape. In addition to his degree, Forrest spent two years as a
field botanist for the Bureau of Land Management in the Mojave Desert.

*Talk Zoom link: *
https://ucr.zoom.us/j/94620821807?pwd=SHRLVVR4WHlVTGtCUko4bVp1SkFiZz09
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Forrest Freund, Duncan Thomas. 2020. "CALIFORNIA: *Isoëtes minima*."
Madroño, 67(2): 63-64.
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*Upcoming dates! *
*29th Graduate Student Meeting and 2023 Annual Banquet*
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Saturday, April 1, 2023
CalPoly Humboldt
Banquet Speaker: Dr. Lucy Kerhoulas
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Field trips to Ma'lel dunes, Prairie Creek Redwoods State Park & Trinidad
State Beach, and Humboldt Botanical Gardens

Abstract submissions due March 10th
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*2023 Botany Speaker Series *

February 9: Forrest Freund

March 9: Riley Scaff, Pitzer College

April 13: Regan E. Dunn, La Brea Tar Pits & Museum

May 11: Tadeo Ramirez Parada, UC Santa Barbara
.
August 10: Israel Borokini, UC Berkeley
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