Ep. 486 - Sedge Diversity Gone Wild

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

4.8 • 1.2K Ratings

🗓️ 11 August 2024

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Sedges are a complex group of plants in the family Cyperaceae. Within this family lies the genus Carex, which boasts ~2000 species found in all kinds of habitats. From specialists to generalists, there seems to be no lifestyle the sedges have not experimented with. But how did all this sedge diversity come to be? That is the question Dr. Andrew Hipp and his colleagues are trying to answer. Join us as we explore the wonders of sedge diversity. This episode was produced in part by David, Robert, Thomas, Valerie, Joan, Mohsin Kazmi Photography, Cathy, Simon, Nick, Paul, Charis, EJ, Laura, Sung, NOK, Stephen, Heidi, Kristin, Luke, Sea, Shannon, 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, 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 Inoffensive Plants.
0:05.0	What's up? This is your host Matt. Welcome to the show. How is everyone doing this week?
0:09.0	I would be doing so great if you considered supporting Indefensive Plants because conversations like you're about to hear do not happen without your support and boy do I have a conversation for you.
0:18.0	There are a lot of great ways to support the show.
0:20.0	One of the best is to become a patron over at Patreon. dot com slash Indefensive Plants.
0:24.0	I'll spare you this reel, but I will say for supporting it,
0:26.5	you can get access to bonus episodes, which is always exciting.
0:29.9	But today we are talking sedges with Dr. Andrew Hip who has a really interesting look into why this
0:36.8	group is so diverse.
0:37.8	Cyperacy is huge, but within it, the genus Kerix is massive. And there's really interesting ways people are trying to tease apart why that is, from genetics to natural history and everything in between. I don't want to steal any of us thunder. Dr. Hip is such a joy to listen to is such a great
0:54.4	storyteller and will get you super stoked on sedges. So let's just jump right
0:59.0	into it. Without further ado, here's my conversation with Dr. Andrew
1:02.3	hip. I hope you enjoy. All right, Dr. Andrew Hip. It has been a very long time. Thank you for coming back to the podcast.
1:24.0	I am really excited to pick your brain,
1:26.0	but for those that don't remember the episode, haven't heard it,
1:28.0	let's start off with an introduction.
1:30.0	Tell everyone a little bit about who you are and what it is you do.
1:33.0	All right. Well, my name is Andrew Hip.
1:35.0	I am the Herbarium Director, Director of the Herbarium and Senior Scientist in Plant Systematics at the Morton Arboretum here in Lyle, Illinois.
1:46.1	And my focus is on understanding plant biodiversity.
1:51.4	So research in my lab group focuses on reconstructing the tree of life and
1:57.6	using the tree of life to understand species concepts, to understand trade evolution and biogeography, and then understand how
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