Ep. 330 - Horticultural Taxonomy

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In Defense of Plants

Botany, Natural Sciences, Ecology, Nature, Plants, Science

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🗓️ 15 August 2021

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Summary

Have you ever walked through a plant nursery or garden center and wondered about who keeps track of all those named varieties, selections, and cultivars? The answer to this are horticultural taxonomists! From registering new plants to maintaining herbarium records and DNA barcoding, horticultural taxonomists really have their job cut out for them. Joining us to talk about this topic is Mathew Rees, a botanist for the Royal Horticultural Society. Learn how he and his colleagues manage to keep track of all the human-induced diversity among different groups of plants and gain insights into how science, horticulture, and sustainability are aiming to make things better for humans and the planet. This episode was produced in part by Kristina, Christine, Silas, Michael, Aristia, Felicidad, Lauren, Danielle, Allie, Jeffrey, Amanda, Tommy, Marcel, C Leigh, Karma, Shelby, Christopher, Alvin, Arek, Chellie, Dani, Paul, Dani, Tara, Elly, Colleen, Natalie, Nathan, Ario, Laura, Cari, Margaret, Mary, Connor, Nathan, Jan, Jerome, Brian, Azomonas, Ellie, University Greens, Joseph, Melody, Patricia, Matthew, Garrett, John, Ashley, Cathrine, Melvin, OrangeJulian, Porter, Jules, Griff, Joan, Megan, Marabeth, Les, Ali, Southside Plants, Keiko, Robert, Bryce, Wilma, Amanda, Helen, Mikey, Michelle, German, Joerg, Cathy, Tate, Steve, Kae, Carole, Mr. Keith Santner, Lynn, Aaron, Sara, Kenned, Brett, Jocelyn, Ethan, Sheryl, Runaway Goldfish, Ryan, Chris, Alana, Rachel, Joanna, Lori, Paul, Griff, Matthew, Bobby, Vaibhav, Steven, Joseph, Brandon, Liam, Hall, Jared, Brandon, Christina, Carly, Kazys, Stephen, Katherine, Mohsin Kazmi Takes Pictures, Manny, doeg, Daniel, Tim, Philip, Tim, Lisa, Brodie, Bendix, Irene, holly, Sara, and Margie.

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0:30.5	help spread the love of plants around the globe. Hello everyone and welcome to the
0:34.8	Indefensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of Indefensiveplants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How's everyone doing this week? Up until very recently, I never considered horticultural taxonomy to be a thing. It makes a lot of sense, though. There's a lot of cultivars, varieties, selections out there of various plants, not to mention all of the
0:55.5	hybridization that goes on within the horticultural world. And someone or some group has to
1:00.6	keep track of all of that, especially when it comes to registered and recognized selections or
1:05.6	whatever it is you want to talk about. And that is exactly what we're going to be talking about
1:09.8	today. We're going to dive into the
1:11.5	world of horticultural taxonomy and learn about its importance and what it can mean for our society
1:16.6	moving forward. This isn't just about aesthetics and beauty. I want to emphasize that. Joining us to
1:22.3	talk about this is Matthew Reese. He is a botanist for the Royal Horticultural Society, and he works
1:27.4	with the Horticultural Taxonomy team. This is a botanist for the Royal Horticultural Society, and he works with the
1:27.9	horticultural taxonomy team. This is really interesting work, and for me at least, an avenue of
1:33.5	botany that I am really unfamiliar with, and I'm really excited for you to hear all about it.
1:38.3	So let's just jump right into it. Without further ado, here's my conversation with Matthew
1:42.6	Reese. I hope you enjoy.
2:01.7	All right, Matthew Reese, it's great to have you on the podcast. It's an honor to have you here.
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