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The Velcro Leaf Family, Fake Names at the ER, Christian Taliban, etc
Rambling intro ends at 47:00, Conversation about Velcro Leaf Family Loasaceae begins at 48:00.
4 years, 3 months ago
Talking Peyote & Conservation in South Texas
Intro ends and conversation starts at 43:00.
My guest today is Joe Ben Walker from the indigenous peyote conservation initiative and we talk all thing…
4 years, 3 months ago
Talking Evolution, Cloud Forests & Nightshades
A Conversation with Dr. Stacy Smith from University of Colorado Boulder about the genus Iochroma and Plant Evolution. A 24 minute intro followed by 9…
4 years, 4 months ago
An Interview with Carlos ”Aztekium” Velazco
In this episode we talk Northern Mexican Botany with the wonderful Carlos Velazco, author of numerous papers describing the floristic relationships o…
4 years, 4 months ago
Namibia, Resurrection Plants, Welwitschia, Caucasians in South Africa
A long rant about Namibian Botany, Dark Humor, Myrothamnus flabellifolius the resurrection plant, Welwitschia habitat etc.
4 years, 4 months ago
Nuevo León Botany, Gypsum Endemics, Cactus Poaching
One long rant about Nuevo Leon plant communities, gypsum endemics, cactus poaching, high elevation "sky islands", Mall Security Guards at US Customs,…
4 years, 5 months ago
A Conversation with Kerry Knudsen, Lichenologist
In this episode we talk with Kerry Knudsen, a blue-collar-construction-worker turned lichenologist. We spend a good first half of the podcast talkin…
4 years, 6 months ago
Texas Sandsheet, Sand Endemics,Twitter Fights with Furries
In this episode we discuss the rare and endangered Texas Almond, a sand endemic. We also discuss the trough urinal at Taqueria Jalisco by the Pilot S…
4 years, 6 months ago
Undescribed Buckwheats, KILL YOUR LAWN, Limestone Erotica, Rod Blagojevich, etc
In this episode we talk about the notorious Bristol Mountains Buckwheat which is still formally undescribed despite being known of for a decade and a…
4 years, 6 months ago
How Do Fungi Bang (and evolve)?
Generic Recombination is the means through which mutations (and evolution/speciation /phenotypic variation) occur, leading to changes in an organism'…
4 years, 7 months ago