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34th Annual Symposium


Problem Plant Groups: Difficult to Understand and Identify

List of speakers and Topics:

Dr. J. Travis Columbus - Grasses
Grasses are easy!

Dr. Jason Koontz - Delphinium
Delphinium ID: Why a good key is hard to find.

Dr. J. Mark Porter - Polemoniaceae
A Crock of Gilia.

Fred M. Roberts, Jr. - Oaks
Acorn cups and trichomes: Identification of oaks in southern California.

Dr. Michael Simpson - Cryptantha
Dr. Warren Wagner - Camissonia
Sorting out the taxonomic chaos of Camissonia: Unseen patterns of relationships and chromosome doubling.

Dr. Dieter Wilken - Ceanothus
Ceanothus: More than two?

The symposium will be held at the Ruby Gerentology Center, Cal State Fullerton, CA. Below you will find topics from previous years and links to the abstracts. If you have suggestions for next years symposium, please post it on our bulletin board.

Previous Symposia