Zoom Event: Learn About The Flora of Santa Catalina Island!
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Date & Time
Thu, Jan 28 7:00 PM - 9:00 PM
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Zoom
Cost: FREE
When: January 28, 7pm
Where: ZOOM!!
The plants of Santa Catalina Island have captured the imagination of botanists for well over a century, but recent work has provided exciting new insights and island – and archipelago-wide floristic synopses.
In this talk, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Plant Systematist and Curator Dr. Matt Guilliams will discuss the remarkable flora of the California Channel Islands, often referred to as California’s Galapagos Islands, with an emphasis on Catalina Island.
In this talk, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden Plant Systematist and Curator Dr. Matt Guilliams will discuss the remarkable flora of the California Channel Islands, often referred to as California’s Galapagos Islands, with an emphasis on Catalina Island.
Work in the field and herbarium over the last two decades has resulted in a fresh understanding of the flora of the island, which is meticulously described in the upcoming book, A Flora of Santa Catalina Island.
This floristic work has been deepened by the recent application of genetic techniques to the study of plant biodiversity at all levels, from population genetics to phylogenetics of the entire Channel Islands flora.
The products of these recent efforts will contribute strongly to our understanding of plant biodiversity on Catalina Island, a critical first step toward protecting and conserving the flora of this iconic California landscape.
Meet Our Presenter:
Matt Guilliams, Ph.D., Tucker Plant Systematist and Curator of the Clifton Smith Herbarium, Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.
Matt is a plant systematist and curator of the Garden’s Clifton Smith Herbarium at the Santa Barbara Botanic Garden.
As a botanist/plant systematist, his overall focus is the study of the flora of California, which includes floristics, biodiversity description, inferring evolutionary patterns, and conservation genetics of rare plants.
Matt earned his B.S. and M.S. in Evolutionary Biology at San Diego State University and his Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from U.C. Berkeley. He has been working as a botanist in the state since 1998.