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In Defense of Plants Podcast

Ep. 375 - Insights from the Popcorn Flowers

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

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

4.81.3K Ratings

🗓️ 26 June 2022

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

You never know what we can from plants until we take a closer look. Such is the case for the popcorn flowers (genus Cryptantha). These members of the forget-me-not family offer wonderful insights into topics like ecology, evolution, and biogeography. That is why scientists like my guest Dr. Makenzie Mabry sing the praises of these small plants and want to position them as model organisms. Tune in and learn more about this remarkable genus. This episode was produced in part by Earl, Jocelyn, Gary, Krysta, Elizabeth, Southern California Carnivorous Plant Enthusiasts, Pattypollinators, Peter, Judson, Ella, Alex, Dan, Pamela, Peter, Andrea, Nathan, Karyn, Michelle, Jillian, Chellie, Linda, Laura, Miz Holly, Christie, Carlos, Paleo Fern, Levi, Sylvia, Lanny, Ben, Lily, Craig, Sarah, Lor, Monika, Brandon, 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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0:00.0

Hello everyone and welcome to the Indefensive Plants podcast, the official podcast of

0:04.3

Indefensibleplants.com. What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How is everyone doing this week? I've got a topic today that is going to reveal a group of relatively obscure plants to a much wider audience. And as you're going to hear, it is much needed because they're amazing. We are talking about

0:20.8

the genus Cryptantha, which is a member of the Forget Me Not family, Baraginacee. And joining us to

0:26.4

talk about this is one of Cryptantha's biggest fans, Dr. McKenzie Mabry. She is carving out a wonderful

0:32.5

career in trying to understand the evolutionary relationships of these plants, as well as a lot

0:37.3

of big questions

0:37.8

about how they've ended up where they are in the world. I don't want to spoil any of her thunder.

0:42.5

She is truly passionate about these plants, and it is such a joy to talk with her about them.

0:47.2

So let's just jump right into it. Without further ado, here's my conversation with Dr. McKenzie

0:51.6

Mabry. I hope you enjoy.

1:07.0

Music Here's my conversation with Dr. McKenzie Mabry. I hope you enjoy. All right, Dr. McKenzie Mabry, welcome to the podcast.

1:10.1

I am super excited to talk to you about

1:12.3

these plants today, but first, how about an introduction? Tell everyone a little bit about who you are

1:17.4

and what it is you do. Well, thanks so much for having me. I'm like really honored to be here and

1:23.6

super excited to have the opportunity to talk about, because Katanta, something near and dear to my heart.

1:29.3

But I, like you said, I'm McKenzie Mabry,

1:32.0

and I am currently a post-doctoral researcher

1:35.0

at the Florida Museum and Natural History

1:37.2

at the University of Florida.

1:40.0

And I'm working in the labs of doctors, Pamela and Douglas Soltis.

1:44.9

So I've kind of moved across country, so I'll work back in time.

1:49.4

Kind of the opposite way towards the west coast where I came from.

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