Ep. 333 - Variability in Plant Coloration
In Defense of Plants Podcast
In Defense of Plants
4.8 • 1.3K Ratings
🗓️ 5 September 2021
⏱️ 59 minutes
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Summary
Plants come in a bewildering variety of colors. Even within species, colors can vary from individual to individual. How and why color can differs are exactly the kinds of questions that intrigue PhD student Cierra Sullivan. Join us as we explore ideas relating to topics such as leaf variegation and the influence of climate change on flower color. This episode was produced in part by Jeremy, Suzanne, 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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| 0:39.7 | This is your host, Matt. |
| 0:40.5 | Welcome to the show. |
| 0:41.4 | How's everyone doing this week? |
| 0:43.4 | Have you ever looked around and noticed the extreme variation and coloration of some |
| 0:48.0 | plant species? |
| 0:49.3 | It's a really interesting topic because some species are far more variable than others. |
| 0:54.1 | Well, today we're going |
| 0:54.7 | to explore that in more detail to look at some of the possible explanations for this variation |
| 0:58.3 | and how sometimes things like flower color variation can actually be linked to climate change. |
| 1:04.5 | Joining us to talk about this is Clemson University PhD student Sierra Sullivan. Sierra is studying |
| 1:10.4 | some of my favorite plants in the world, |
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