Botany 2022 Colloquia and Symposia 

Presented Live Alaska Time

Monday Morning  8:00 am - noon

Resilience in polluted environments; biomonitoring, management, and restoration strategies

Organized by: 

• José M. Cunill-Flores, Universidad Politécnica Metropolitana de Puebla
• Estefanía Martínez-Tavera, Universidad Popular Autónoma de Puebla 

The impact of climate change on plant physiology in natural and agricultural systems

Organized by: 

• Jessica Savage University of Minnesota, Duluth
• Financially Supported by the BSA Economic Botany Section

Monday Afternoon  1:30 - 5:00 pm

Polymorphism - from morphology to interactions

Organized by: 

•  Vinita Gowda - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India
• Ajith Asokan - Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal, India

Tuesday Morning - 8:00 - noon

Ferns at the extreme: the case of moonworts, grape-ferns, and adder’s tongues of the family Ophioglossaceae

Organized by:

• Jason Grant, University of Neuchatel, Switzerland
• Don Farrar, Iowa State University

From the backbone to diversification: unraveling the evolutionary history of Ericales

Organized by:

• Stephen Smith, University of Michigan
• Deise Gonçalves, University of Michigan
• Pam Soltis, University of Florida
• Doug Soltis, University of Florida

Tuesday Afternoon  1:30 - 5:00 pm

Dryland mosses: adaptations to life on the edge, from genes to ecosystems

Organized by: 

• Anita Antoninka, Northern Arizona University
• Jenna Ekwealor, Smithsonian Institution

Wednesday Morning 8:00 - Noon

Innovation and Novelty in the Evolution of Plants

Organized by:

• Caroline Parins-Fukuchi, University of Toronto
• Jeremy M. Beaulieu, University of Arkansas
• Financially Supported by the BSA Development and Structural Section

Bryophytes and Lichens on the Edges of Changing Ecosystems

Organized by: 

• Scott Schuette, ABLS President, Western Pennsylvania Conservancy-PA Natural Heritage Program 

Wednesday Afternoon 1:30 -5:00 pm

Paths forward: Engaging Indigenous science and knowledge

Organized by:

• Az (Ashley A.) Klymiuk, Field Museum and University of Manitoba
• Warren Cardinal-McTeague, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
• Karolina Heyduk, University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
• Financially Supported by ABLS, and the BSA Development and Structural, Economic Botany and Teaching Sections