http://socalbot.org/board/ SCB Bulletin Board Topic: Compositae identification workshop en Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:10:46 +0000 http://socalbot.org/board/topic/31#post-41 Thu, 17 Apr 2008 10:48:51 +0000 StaciMarkos 41@http://socalbot.org/board/ <p>April 26 – 27, 2008</p> <p>Beginning with an overview of morphological characteristics of composites (family-wide), including a review of terms used in descriptions and keys, we will provide a synopsis of diversity within Compositae and a brief introduction to recognition of tribes. Then, we will concentrate on Heliantheae (broadly defined) and will ultimately focus on diagnostic traits and relationships of tarweeds (Madiinae), including the diverse kinds of Hawaiian tarweeds known as silverswords, which are glamorous descendants of a Californian tarweed. We hope that this workshop will prove to be an effective solvent for sticky problems in tarweed identification and that participants may even come away with enhanced admiration for tarweeds, one of our most maligned and distinctly Californian groups of plants.</p> <p>Course fee $225/$250</p> <p>Instructors: Bruce G. Baldwin and John L. Strother<br /> Location: UC Berkeley</p> <p><a href="http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/2008/index.html" rel="nofollow">http://ucjeps.berkeley.edu/workshops/2008/index.html</a></p> <p>Contact: Anna Larsen (alarsen@berkeley.edu; 510-643-7008) </p>