Ep. 502 - Unearthing the Mysteries of Underground Storage Organs

In Defense of Plants Podcast

In Defense of Plants

Science & Medicine, Natural Sciences

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🗓️ 1 December 2024

⏱️ 49 minutes

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Summary

Tubers, corms, taproots, bulbs... There are many different kinds of underground storage organs in the plant world. Moreover, they form from many different kinds of plant tissues. This begs the question, why are there so many variations on the theme of energy storage? Join me and Dr. Carrie Tribble as we explore phylogenetic and trait-based approaches to understanding the evolution and development in underground storage organs in the genus Bomarea. This episode was produced in part by Sigma, Max, Richard, Maia, Rens, 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 Indefense of Plants Podcast, the official podcast of Indefensiveplants.com.
0:05.3	What's up? This is your host, Matt. Welcome to the show. How is everyone doing this week?
0:09.0	Before we get to this episode, please consider supporting this podcast because conversations like you're
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0:34.6	Indefensive plants a bright and healthy future. But today we are joined
0:38.6	by Dr. Carey Tribble, who studies convergence of plant traits. Specifically, she is very interested
0:45.0	in underground storage organs and to understand how habitats, evolution, and a variety of other
0:51.8	influences help shape these underground organs. To do this, she looks at a group of
0:57.8	plants in the genus Bomeria, which is really cool. It's related to the Alstramarias that you will
1:02.9	sometimes see in florist shops. And they're just absolutely gorgeous plants that live a vining
1:07.8	lifestyle but produce really cool underground structures.
1:15.1	And as you're going to hear, there's so many mysteries surrounding the evolution and diversity of these plant organs.
1:16.8	So I don't want to keep from this conversation any longer.
1:19.4	How about we just drum right into it?
1:20.7	Without further ado, here's my conversation with Dr. Carrie Tribble.
1:23.9	I hope you enjoy.
1:43.0	Music Terry Tribble. I hope you enjoy. All right, Dr. Carrie Tribble, welcome to the podcast. I am so excited to pick your brain. You study some very
1:44.5	fascinating stuff, but for those that aren't familiar with your work, let's start off with
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