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Monday, July 11th

Monday, July 11th, 1:45 pm to 3:15 pm · Waterman Room/Chase Park Plaza
Session 20: Contributed Papers: Historical Section
Presiding: Rusty Russell, Smithsonian Institution
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20001July 11th 1:45 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaWhen History Meets Genetics. Horseradish in Antiquity
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Oral PaperTouwaide, Alain.Horseradish
phylogenetics
historical (textual) data
research methods
20002July 11th 2:00 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park Plazary and Economic Botany: Some Methodological Reflections
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Oral PaperTouwaide, Alain.History
research methods
Primary sources
Written record of ancient practice
Manuscripts
Early printed books
comparative methods
20003July 11th 2:15 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaBotanical Education in the United States II. Asa Gray through Charles Bessey and the New Botany
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Oral PaperSundberg, Marshall.Bessey
botany education
Gray
Lincoln Phelps
Wood
Coulter
20004July 11th 2:30 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaBlanche and OakesAmes: A Relationship of Art and Science
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Oral PaperFlannery, Maura.Oakes Ames
Blanche Ames
orchids
herbaria
feminism
20005July 11th 2:45 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaEvidence for an alternative evolutionary and ethnopharmacological role for anti-malarial plants in Sub-Saharan Africa
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Oral PaperMaranz, Steven.malaria
TAS2R bitter taste genes
dietary flavonoids
Africa
plant therapies
20006July 11th 3:00 pmWaterman Room/Chase Park PlazaThe Field Book Project
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Oral PaperRussell, Rusty; Van Camp, Anne; Sheffield, Carolyn.field book
collectors
collections
biodiversity
Monday, July 11th, 3:45 pm to 5:00 pm · Portland Room/Chase Park Plaza
Session M19: Meeting: Historical Section Meeting
Presiding: Marissa Grant, Lake Land College
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July 11th 3:45 pmPortland Room/Chase Park PlazaHistorical Section Meeting
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Monday, July 11th, 5:30 pm to 7:00 pm · Khorassan Ballroom/Chase Park Plaza
Session P: Contributed Posters: Historical Section Posters
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PHS001July 11th 5:30 pmKhorassan Ballroom/Chase Park PlazaA moving story: Workflows for relocation and expansion of the BRIT-SMU-VDB Herbarium at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas
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Poster: Historical SectionNeill, Amanda K.; Rehman, Tiana Franklin; Kieschnick, Sam; Swadek, Rebecca; Markstiener, Patty; Norton, Kim.best practices
herbarium
collections
museum

Tuesday, July 12th

Tuesday, July 12th, 8:00 am to 12:30 pm · Lindell D/Chase Park Plaza
Session SY05: Symposium: History of Botany: The Missouri Connection
Presiding: Marissa Grant, Lake Land College
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SY05001July 12th 8:00 amLindell D/Chase Park PlazaThomas Nuttall and 19th Century Botany: The St. Louis Connection
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationCaomhanach, Nuala.Thomas Nuttall
St. Louis
Frontier Naturalists
Benjamin Barton
19th Century Botany
SY05002July 12th 8:30 amLindell D/Chase Park PlazaGeorge Engelmann's Fortunate Connections
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationLong, Michael.George Engelmann
Missouri Botanical Garden
Asa Gray
Vitis
Phylloxera
SY05003July 12th 9:00 amLindell D/Chase Park PlazaAlbert Hitchcock Presents - Adventures in Field Work, Types, and Grasses
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationLewis, Deborah Q.; Clark, Lynn.Albert Spear Hitchcock
agrostology
type specimens
field work
Missouri Botanical Garden
SY05004July 12th 9:30 amLindell D/Chase Park PlazaEdgar Anderson, The Missouri Botanical Garden and the Rise of Biosystematics
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationKleinman, Kim.Edgar Anderson
Missouri Botanical Garden
biosystematics
Iris
Tradescantia
July 12th 10:00 amLindell D/Chase Park PlazaBreak
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SY05006July 12th 10:15 amLindell D/Chase Park PlazaWilliam J. Robbins: The Missouri Years
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationStevenson, Dennis; Stevenson, Jan.Robbins
SY05007July 12th 10:45 amLindell D/Chase Park PlazaLewis J. Stadler: The Nature of the Gene, and a Clue to DNA
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationCoe Jr, Edward.spontaneous mutation
x-ray induced mutation
Ultraviolet-induced mutation
DNA action spectrum
theoretical genetics
the nature of the gene
SY05008July 12th 11:15 amLindell D/Chase Park PlazaBarbara McClintock at the University of Missouri (1936-1942): The Road to Transposition
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Symposium or Colloquium PresentationKass, Lee B.Barbara McClintock
University of Missouri
July 12th 11:45 amLindell D/Chase Park PlazaDiscussion
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