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Polygonatum State of the Genus Webinar

Saturday, November 9, 2024
9am - 1pm PST
To be recorded for later viewing

This deep-dive webinar symposium by Dr. Aaron Floden will feature an intensive overview of Polygonatum (Solomon Seal) and the allied genera Disporopsis and Heteropolygonatum.

Dr. Floden is the world expert on these related genera with Polygonatum or Solomon Seals being the most familiar in gardens. FRBC Collections Manager Silas Zoeller will moderate and FRBC Directors Kelly Dodson and Sue Milliken will introduce Dr. Floden and add their own field observations and cultivation experience.

This will be a tremendous and rare opportunity to learn more than you thought could be known on these fascinating shade perennials. Presentation topics will be covered in segments:

1. History/taxonomy
2. Herbarium/field exploration and garden grown plants
3. Phylogenetics and novel species

There will be breaks between each section, with time for questions and answers at designated times during the presentation as well as at the end.

The diversity of species is astounding, particularly in Polygonatum, and this presentation will focus in-depth on the phylogeny, morphology, and distribution of these three related genera, with fieldwork in Vietnam, India, and China.

FRBC photos of Polygonatum jacquemontianum in Sikkim last year

Purchase Passes Here
$50 for FRBC members
$75 for nonmembers*

*A few scholarship admissions are to be awarded, to be considered please email us with your request.