Ep. 431 - The Mysteries of Lycopod Evolution

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

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🗓️ 23 July 2023

⏱️ 59 minutes

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Summary

Lycopods and their relatives enjoy a nearly global distribution today, but extant diversity is still a mere shadow of what it once was. My guest today is Paleobotanist Meg Nibbelink and she is working to understand just how much this charismatic group of plants has changed over their long history on this planet. Join us for a fun and interesting conversation hundreds of millions of years in the making. This episode was produced in part by Thomas, Will, Jamie, Waverly, Brent, Tanner, Rick, Kazys, Dorothy, Katherine, Emily, Theo, Nichole, Paul, Karen, Randi, Caelan, Tom, Don, Susan, Corbin, Keena, Robin, Peter, Whitney, Kenned, Margaret, Daniel, Karen, David, 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
0:03.8	Indefensibleplants.com.
0:05.2	What's up?
0:05.6	This is your host, Matt.
0:06.4	Welcome to the show.
0:07.4	How is everyone doing this week?
0:09.2	I am doing great because we are traveling over 300 million years into the past to talk
0:13.9	about lycopsyd evolution.
0:16.7	Many of you will be familiar with lycopods because they do still exist on this planet today,
0:21.4	albeit a mere shadow of what they once were.
0:24.2	And my guest today is Meg Nibbleink.
0:26.5	She is spending most of her early research career trying to understand their phylogeny
0:31.7	and evolutionary history.
0:34.0	How you do that is quite a challenge, and she is really good at describing it.
0:38.1	I mean, she is an excellent science communicator and is going to do great things.
0:42.5	But before we get to that, I just want to say, if you're enjoying the show, I couldn't be doing it without support.
0:47.9	And one of the best ways to support the show is to become a patron over at patreon.com slash indefensive plants.
0:53.9	There are kickbacks for a little financial support each month, and a little over at patreon.com slash indefensive plants. There are kickbacks for a little financial
0:55.7	support each month and a little bit goes such a long way. I literally couldn't be doing this
1:00.6	without my patrons. So go check that out. Once again, that's patreon.com slash indefensive plants.
1:06.3	But that is entirely enough for me. I don't want to keep you from this incredible
1:09.9	Lycopod story. So without further ado, here's my conversation with Meg Nib for me. I don't want to keep you from this incredible Lycopod story.
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