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Monday, August 2nd

Monday, August 2nd
8:00 am to 12:00 pm · Ballroom B/Convention Center
Session SY2: Symposium: Plant invasions in a time of environmental change
Presiding: Rebecca E. Drenovsky, John Carroll University
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August 2nd 8:00 amIntroduction
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Plant invasions in a time of environmental change
SY2SUMAugust 2nd 8:00 amPlant invasions in a time of environmental change
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Plant invasions in a time of environmental changeSymposiumDrenovsky, Rebecca E.; Grewell, Brenda J..Invasive Species
climate change
Restoration Ecology
desertification
functional traits
phenotypic plasticity
ecosystem function
population ecology
community ecology
SY2002August 2nd 8:15 amTraits contributing to invasive annual grass success in low nutrient environments
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Plant invasions in a time of environmental changeSymposiumJames, Jeremy J..arid
Nitrogen
cheatgrass
medusahead
SY2003August 2nd 8:45 amFunctional traits of invasive species: implications for ecological restoration in a changing environment
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Plant invasions in a time of environmental changeSymposiumFunk, Jennifer L..resource availability
Restoration Ecology
functional traits
Invasive Species
SY2004August 2nd 9:15 amMechanisms of rapid evolution in novel and changing environments
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Plant invasions in a time of environmental changeSymposiumRichards, Christina L; Bossdorf, Oliver; Pigliucci, Massimo.AFLP
climate change
epigenetics
evolution
hybridization
invasive plant
Japanese Knotweed
methylation
MSAP
novel habitat
phenotypic plasticity
physiological stress
August 2nd 9:45 amBreak
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Plant invasions in a time of environmental change
SY2006August 2nd 10:15 amPopulation biology of invasive species
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Plant invasions in a time of environmental changeSymposiumParker, Ingrid M.; Swope, Sarah.finite rate of growth
biological invasion
demography
biological control
Centaurea solstitialis
Cytisus scoparius
SY2007August 2nd 10:45 amInvasive plant impacts: the role of novelty, abundance and per capita effect traits
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Plant invasions in a time of environmental changeSymposiumD'Antonio, Carla M; Molinari, Nicole.Invasive plants
introduced plant species
exotic species
alien plant species
Soil properties
ecosystem processes
species traits
August 2nd 11:15 amDiscussion
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Plant invasions in a time of environmental change
Monday, August 2nd
1:00 pm to 4:00 pm · Ballroom B/Convention Center
Session 9: Contributed Papers: Rosids: Celastrales, Malpighiales
Presiding: Charles C. Davis, III, Harvard University
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9001August 2nd 1:00 pmDelimitation of the Segregate Genera of Maytenus sensu lato (Celastraceae) Based on Morphological and Molecular Characters
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Systematics SectionPaperSimmons, Mark P.; McKenna, Miles J.; Archer, Robert H.; Bacon, Christine D.; Lombardi, Julio A..Maytenus
Gymnosporia
segregate genera
molecular phylogenetics
9002August 2nd 1:15 pmComplete plastid genomes do not resolve deep relationships in Malpighiales
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Systematics SectionPaperXi, Zhenxiang; Ruhfel, Brad R; Wurdack, Kenneth; Amorim, Andre; Davis, III, Charles C..Malpighiales
phylogeny
plastid genome
9003August 2nd 1:30 pmSystematic revison of the Hybanthus enneaspermus complex (Violaceae) in tropical east Africa and Madagascar
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Systematics SectionPaperFlicker, Benjamin; Ballard, H. E..Violaceae
Hybanthus
taxonomy
9004August 2nd 1:45 pmPhylogeny, biogeography, and a taxonomic revision of Rinorea (Violaceae) from Madagascar and the Comoro Islands
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Systematics SectionPaperWahlert, Gregory A.; Ballard, H. E..Rinorea
Violaceae
phylogeny
Biogeography
Africa
Madagascar
9005August 2nd 2:00 pmPhylogeny, character evolution, and classification of the tropical angiosperm family Samydaceae (Malpighiales)
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Systematics SectionPaperSamarakoon, Tharangamala; Dement, Angela; Alford, Mac.Samydaceae
Flacourtiaceae
Salicaceae sensu lato
Malpighiales
Casearia
August 2nd 2:15 pmBreak
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Systematics Section
9007August 2nd 2:45 pmAre growth forms and photosynthetic pathways correlates of diversification in Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae)?
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Systematics SectionPaperHorn, James W.; van Ee, Benjamin W.; Riina, Ricarda; Morawetz, Jeffery J.; Berry, Paul E.; Steinmann, Victor Werner; Wurdack, Kenneth.Euphorbia
C4 photosynthesis
morphology
Crassulacean acid metabolism (CAM)
diversification
9008August 2nd 3:00 pm
Canceled
Subgeneric classification of the North American Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae)
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Systematics SectionPaperSteinmann, Victor W.; Berry, Paul E..Euphorbia
Euphorbiaceae
North America
classification
9009August 2nd 3:15 pmEuphorbia subgenus Euphorbia (Euphorbiaceae): Around the world from succulent geophytes to tropical understory trees and everything in between
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Systematics SectionPaperDorsey, Brian; Haevermans, Thomas; Berry, Paul E..Euphorbiaceae
Euphorbia
phylogenetics
Biogeography
9010August 2nd 3:30 pmPreliminary phylogeny of Euphorbia subg. Rhizanthium (Euphorbiaceae): An exclusively Old World lineage with amazing morphological diversity
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Systematics SectionPaperMorawetz, Jeffery J.; Riina, Ricarda; Berry, Paul E..Euphorbia
succulence
Old World
arid radiation
Euphorbiaceae
9011August 2nd 3:45 pmOrigin and diversification of Croton (Euphorbiaceae) in Madagascar, and the Mascerene and Comoros islands
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Systematics SectionPaperHaber, Elizabeth; Van Ee, Benjamin; Oyserman, Ben; Berry, Paul E..Croton
Madagascar
Biogeography
phylogeny
ITS
trnL-F
trnH-psbA

Tuesday, August 3rd

Tuesday, August 3rd
8:00 am to 12:00 pm · Ballroom B/Convention Center
Session SY4: Symposium: History of Botany in the Rhode Island Area
Presiding: Lee B. Kass, Cornell University
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SY4SUMAugust 3rd 8:00 amHistory of Botany in the Rhode Island Area
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History of Botany in the Rhode Island AreaSymposiumGrant, Marissa C.. History of Botany
Rhode Island Area Botany
SY4001August 3rd 8:00 am200 Years of Rhode Island Botany
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History of Botany in the Rhode Island AreaSymposiumStevenson, Dennis Wm..history
Botany
Rhode Island
SY4002August 3rd 8:15 amSome Sources for Botanical History in the John Carter Brown Library
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History of Botany in the Rhode Island AreaSymposiumDanforth, Susan.
SY4003August 3rd 8:45 am“I know every tree, every single tree one can see…” – The life and legacy of Richard E. Schultes
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History of Botany in the Rhode Island AreaSymposiumBussmann, Rainer W.ethnobotany
Economic Botany
Richard E Schultes
SY4004August 3rd 9:15 amGeorge H. M. Lawrence (1910-1978) and his international impact on botany
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History of Botany in the Rhode Island AreaSymposiumTodd, Angela.George Lawrence
History of botany
disciplinary boundaries
August 3rd 9:45 amBreak
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History of Botany in the Rhode Island Area
SY4006August 3rd 10:00 amIrene Stuckey: a Life Well Spent with Plants and People
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History of Botany in the Rhode Island AreaSymposiumTucker, Gordon C..Irene Stuckey
Rhode Island
rare plants
SY4007August 3rd 10:30 am Pinus strobus L. and the historical utilization and management of southern New England forests, 1600-1938
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History of Botany in the Rhode Island AreaSymposiumMarshall, Philip.old field
disturbance
succession
historical ecology
naval stores
SY4008August 3rd 11:00 amThoughts on Vernon I. Cheadle
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History of Botany in the Rhode Island AreaSymposiumEvert, Ray; Uhl, Natalie W..
SY4009August 3rd 11:30 amVignettes from the History of Brown Botany
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History of Botany in the Rhode Island AreaSymposiumColeman, Annette.
August 3rd 11:45 amDiscussion
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History of Botany in the Rhode Island Area

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