THE JEPSON GLOBE A Newsletter from the Friends of The Jepson Herbarium

VOLUME 24 NUMBER 2, Fall 2014

Special Curator’s Column New grant to digitize By Chelsea D. Specht specimens collected in Curator of Monocots Baja The American Society of Tax- The flora of Baja California, Mex- onomists awarded Dr. Alan R. Smith, ico, has captured the interest of many Emeritus Research Botanist of the Uni- notable botanists and collectors since versity Herbarium, UC Berkeley, the the early nineteenth century and now, Society’s 2014 Asa Gray Award. The with support from the UC MEXUS pro- award is named for Dr. Asa Gray (1810- gram, approximately 21,000 specimens 1888), the most important American collected in Baja California and housed botanist of the 19th century. It recog- in UC and UCLA will be imaged and nizes outstanding lifetime achievement databased. The records will then be in the field of plant systematics. georeferenced by The National Com- Dr. Alan Smith is an expert on ferns mission for the Knowledge and Use of from around the world and is widely Biodiversity (CONABIO). recognized as the greatest living student Data from this project will be of fern diversity and the undisputed served via CONABIO, Bajaflora.org expert of fern identification. During (http://bajaflora.org), a website dedi- his distinguished career, Dr. Smith Jeanne Marie Acceturo with the cated to the flora of the Baja California has published over 180 peer-reviewed Chancellor, Nicholas B. Dirks. Peninsula and related islands, the Con- articles and books and has contributed May 1, 2014. sortium of California Herbaria (CCH), to or been sole author on the floras Chancellor’s Outstanding and the Global Biodiversity Informa- ranging geographically from China Staff Award tion Facility (GBIF), an international to Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, Venezuela, portal for biodiversity data. The data Mesoamerica, and . This spring, Jeanne Marie will further advance the understanding Through his persistent dedication to Acceturo, Public Programs Coordinator of Baja California’s 4,500 taxa, aid the collection and identification, Dr. Smith of the Jepson Herbarium, received a conservation community, and be of par- has single-handedly generated the most prestigious award, the Chancellor’s ticular interest to researchers modeling inclusive and well-curated pteridophyte Outstanding Staff Award. These awards climate change. collection in the world. Despite not hav- are presented to individuals who, in ing a formal teaching appointment, Dr. addition to performing their normal job ALSO IN THIS ISSUE Smith has served on numerous graduate duties with excellence, also demonstrate Brent Mishler BIDS Senior Fellow student committees, was the primary exceptional initiative in contributing to New specimen search portal mentor for several PhD students and the UC Berkeley campus community. Herbaria news and donations mentored and instructed countless They are among the highest honors New book highlights Calif. bees visitors to the University and Jepson bestowed upon staff by the Chancellor. Visiting Fulbright Scholar Herbaria who came from around the This is Jeanne Marie’s fifth year In memoriam: Paul C. Silva world to seek his guidance and insights. coordinating the public programs A reference collection of pollen His commitment to training junior col- and as many of you have experienced Amy Kasameyer elected Second leagues even without a formal obligation first-hand, she displays a high level Vice President, CBHL (Continued on page 8) (Continued on page 9) Brent Mishler selected as a BIDS Senior Fellow This June, Brent Mishler was ap- stand spatial patterns of biodiversity Mishler, Bruce Baldwin, and David pointed a Senior Fellow in the Berke- based on two new measures, relative Ackerly are currently working on a ley Institute for Data Science (BIDS). phylogenetic diversity and relative phy- three-year grant from the National Sci- The BIDS community, comprised of logenetic endemism. The new method ence Foundation to apply CANAPE to distinguished faculty and professionals (called categorical analysis of neo- and the California flora (described in previ- that bring experience and engagement paleo-endemism, CANAPE), lever- ous issues of the Globe). Early results in data science approaches, will help ages a growing mass of distributional have already pinpointed regions, such as researchers harness the full potential of data—much of it from newly digitized the upper Sacramento Valley near Lake the data-rich world that today character- museum collections—to help pinpoint Shasta, the coastal redwood belt, and the izes all fields of science and discovery. the best areas to set aside as preserves ’s unique ser- BIDS will also build on existing cam- and also help biologists understand the pentine soil areas, as hotbeds of endemic pus strengths to facilitate and enhance evolutionary history of life on Earth. biodiversity worthy of preservation. the development and application of The method takes into account not cutting-edge data science techniques only the number of species throughout in the biological, social, physical, and an area—the standard measure of bio- engineering sciences. diversity—but also the relationship of Mishler is interested in “big data” species and their geographic rarity, or in the field of biodiversity science and endemism. The new approach greatly has recently published a paper in Nature enhances our knowledge of biodiversity Communications based on work begun across both space and time and shows during his 2011 sabbatical in Australia. that using only species richness and Titled “Phylogenetic measures of biodi- species endemism as indicators of bio- versity and neo- and paleo-endemism in diversity misses out on the full richness Australian Acacia,” the paper describes of patterns that can be inferred using a a new phylogenetic method to under- phylogenetic approach. Image courtesy of Andrew Thornhill, CSIRO Australia.

News from the Herbaria Announcing a New UC/JEPS nations, and high resolution images and Specimen Search Portal photographs when available. Specimens By David Baxter with coordinates can be mapped on-the- fly or browsed in BerkeleyMapper. The University and Jepson Her- The UC/JEPS search portal is baria have launched a dedicated search powered by CollectionSpace, an open- portal for all digitized collections in source museum collection database the Herbaria. Until now, the only UC/ developed at UC Berkeley. JEPS specimen records available online Fig.1 were those for specimens collected in California, as well as type specimen records of all major groups. Now, over 560,000 records of specimens from all over the world are available through the UC/JEPS website (ucjeps. berkeley.edu/specimens/), and over 200,000 more are expected to be added over the next three years through our various digitization grants. The portal’s advanced search capa- bilities allow users to search on a com- bination of criteria and to view “facets” Fig.2 Fig.3 that summarize all the unique values within the results. The record “full Fig. 1: Lecanora magellanica, Lichens of the Falkland Islands, UC1937147. view” contains detailed information Fig. 2: Brothera leana, Bryoflora of Taiwan, Republic of China, UC1711103. Fig. 3: Cymatoderma caperatum, Fungi of Costa Rica, UC568977. including type status, previous determi- Above specimens soon to be included in the search portal. 2 Planning for the Future Jeff Greenhouse has had a long-time corpus is used to provide ongoing support component of our annual budget. association with the Jepson Herbarium, for programs and staff. With an average Thank you Jeff, your generosity is as a volunteer and as a staff member for annual return of 4% on each fund, en- amazing and will benefit future genera- the production of the second edition of dowments comprise an absolutely critical tions of botanists! The Jepson Manual. In recognition of his Jepson Herbarium ties, his love of California , and his participation in many Jepson Herbarium workshops, he has decided to include the herbarium in his estate plan. Jeff is planning a generous estate gift that will be added to the Mary L. Bower- man Fund of the Jepson Herbarium to provide funding for floristic studies in California and western North America, with preference to the flora of Mount Diablo and the greater East Bay. We are beyond grateful for Jeff’s foresight. Endowment funds allow a donor’s gift to have a significant impact on the program of their choice in perpetu- ity—the original investment is held in an invested fund so that the capital cannot be Jeff Greenhouse, Panamint Mountains workshop, 2011. Photo by Jeanne spent and the interest generated from the Marie Acceturo

Library Receives Generous Donation of Books The University and Jepson Her- Arizona and the Rocky Mountains. He California Botanical Society recognized baria Library and Archives gratefully has regularly traveled to Bahia de Los his work there with an award from the acknowledge Peter Garcia for a recent Angeles and kayaked to Isla Angel de la Annetta Carter Memorial Fund to sup- donation of over 100 botanical books. Guarda (the second largest island in the port his research that was later published This donation represents the depth and Sea of Cortez) for multi-day botanizing in Madroño (Vol. 57, No. 3, p. 211). diversity of Pete’s botanical interests; the trips in very rugged conditions. The donation contains numerous local floras from all over western North America, as well as guidebooks for identifying mushrooms, lichens, and edible plants. By donating his botanical books to the Herbaria where they can be cared for and made accessible to students, staff, faculty, and outside researchers, Pete’s generosity will be appreciated and recognized by many future generations. Pete first joined the Friends of the Jepson Herbarium almost 20 years ago and he has taken over 40 workshops including the first Jepson workshop in 1994, “Compositae” offered by Bruce Baldwin and John Strother. Pete’s botanical interests aren’t lim- ited to California; he has botanized from Alaska to Baja California and east to Pete Garcia in Sierra meadow, 2003 3 New Book Highlights California Bees Barbara Ertter, Curator of West- Enhancing these descriptions are pho- ern North American Flora, has co- tographs of bees so finely detailed they authored a new book that will soon be capture pollen scattered across gauzy published by Heyday. California Bees wings and iridescent exoskeletons. and Blooms: A Guide for Gardeners Drawing from years of research and Naturalists by Gordon W. Frankie, at the UC Berkeley Urban Bee Lab, Robbin W. Thorp, Rollin E. Coville, and California Bees and Blooms presents an Barbara Ertter will help readers dis- authoritative look at bees, emphasizing cover and learn about California’s bees. their vital relationship with flowers. In California is home to over 1,600 addition to describing the beautiful ar- species of undomesticated bees— ray of wild bees in our midst, the book most of them native—that populate provides information on fifty-three and pollinate our gardens, fields, and bee-friendly plants and how to grow urban green spaces. California Bees them. Just a few square feet of pop- and Blooms holds a magnifying glass pies, sage, and phacelias are enough up to the twenty-two most common to sustain a healthy population of wild genera (and six species of cuckoo bees, transforming an urban or subur- bees), describing each one’s distinc- ban garden into a world that hums and tive behaviors, social structures, flight buzzes with life. season, preferred flowers, and enemies.

Lifetime Members meet for their first-annual event On May 18, 2014, Brent Mishler and Bruce Baldwin led Lifetime Members on a walk in Huckleberry Botanic Regional Preserve in the East Bay hills. After hiking and discussing various aspects of plant evo- lution and diversity, guests were treated to lunch at Pyramid Alehouse in Berkeley where they discussed future directions of the Jepson Flora Project. Lifetime Members provide significant support for the Herbarium and its programs. We are ever-grateful for their commitment!

Bruce Baldwin (left) and Brent Mishler (right) answering questions for Lifetime Members during the hike in Huckleberry Preserve. Photos by Edith Summers.

4 Experiences of a Visiting Fulbright Scholar By Lilani Senaratna, Professor in Botany at the Open University of Sri Lanka

Flora of Sri Lanka with Dr. F. R. Fosberg initiated work to beaches, spits, and dunes. Coastal plant Sri Lanka (formerly known as Cey- revise the Flora of Ceylon. On comple- distributions are determined mainly lon) is a beautiful island situated close tion of the Ceylon Flora Project, a total by edaphic factors, but the influence to the southeastern tip of India, north of 16 volumes were published as A Re- of proximity to the sea is often clearly of the equator. Although the country vised Handbook to the Flora of Ceylon evident. Sri Lanka’s wide and sandy is small in size, it has a very diverse with the assistance of taxonomists from beaches are known for their scenic climate and topography, which has around the world. However, since this beauty and support a distinct littoral resulted in rich and abundant biodiver- collection was bulky and elaborate for fauna and flora. sity distributed within a wide range of field work, a conveniently-sized, single ecosystems. volume became a necessity. Hence a Sri Lanka has over 4,143 species complete, concise, and convenient book of flowering plants falling into 214 was prepared by me and published as families and 1,522 genera of which 75% A Checklist of the Flowering Plants of are indigenous and 25% are introduced Sri Lanka. Today this publication is of plants. Almost 28% of the indigenous help to all those engaged in activities plants are endemic. It is also considered associated with the biodiversity of the to be a very ancient flora. According to country and is an important reference some phytogeographers, Sri Lanka has on Sri Lankan flora. a few species that are thought to have This rich and ancient floristic been derived from the ancient Gondwa- heritage is of very special significance. naland flora. These may be some of the However, as a result of large scale clear- only vascular plants to have survived ing of land over the years and more the passage of the Deccan plate from recent over-exploitation of several spe- its original position near the South cies, many species are now becoming My work and the University and Pole to its present position above the threatened and endangered. Recent es- Jepson Herbaria equator. Many have been intrigued by timates in the IUCN National Red List Prof. Abeywickrama’s research Sri Lanka’s unique diversity and many of Sri Lanka, 2012 show at least 16% of team has been studying the coastal studies have been carried out over the taxa are in these two categories and it plants of Sri Lanka for many decades. years, resulting in very valuable litera- has now become our responsibility to This has resulted in the completion of ture on its flora. protect the flora to enable its biodiver- The Coastal Plants of Sri Lanka: Part Floristic work in Sri Lanka dates sity to survive for many years to come. I – Salt Marsh Plants and The Coastal back to 1747 when Carl von Linne An essential prerequisite to suc- Plants of Sri Lanka: Part II – Man- published the Flora Zeylanica, based on cessful conservation is for the people to groves as publications of the UNESCO plants from Ceylon collected by a Dutch have a good knowledge of the identity Man & the Biosphere Checklist and sea captain. A Handbook to the Flora of the organisms in one’s own country. Handbook Series, National Science of Ceylon was prepared by Trimen well The available literature of this nature Foundation, Sri Lanka. I am continu- over a hundred years ago. Based on Tri- on the coastal seashore vegetation in ing this work, preparing a checklist to men’s work, Willis, in 1911, prepared A Sri Lanka is at present incomplete and the sandy seashore vegetation of Sri Catalogue of the Indigenous Flower- deficient. The preparation of checklists Lanka, which will complete this set on ing Plants and Ferns of Ceylon, and, to the coastal vegetation of Sri Lanka, the coastal plants of our country. Alston, in 1931, added a supplement to which includes several valuable and The University and Jepson Her- Trimen’s Flora. A Provisional Checklist threatened ecosystems, is an invalu- baria have an excellent collection of to the Flora of Ceylon was published by able asset to fill this void and achieve specimens and floristic literature repre- Abeywickrama in 1959. this goal. senting worldwide plant diversity. I was In 1967, under the joint auspices of Sri Lanka has an extensive coast- even more pleased to note that both the the Smithsonian Institution, the Ceylon line stretching over 1,500 km of varied mission and the goal of the Jepson Her- Department of Agriculture and the coastal habitats that include estuaries barium are very much in line with our Department of Botany, University of and lagoons, mangroves, sea-grass mission and the goals we plan to achieve Ceylon, and my father, the late Emeritus beds, salt marshes, reefs, and large with the Sri Lankan flora. Taxonomic Professor B. A. Abeywickrama together extents of beaches, including barrier (Continued on page 9) 5 In Memoriam: Paul C. Silva By Richard L. Moe U.S.S. Darby. After the war, he gradu- our new database (see story on page 2), ated from USC and enrolled in gradu- the only collections. Photos by Kathy Ann Miller ate school, first at Stanford, where his Paul was widely known and widely Paul Silva (1922-2014) was a world- master’s degree focused on the seaweed appreciated and honored for his lifetime renowned algae specialist and expert on flora of the central California coast, and effort to compile names of all algae. He botanical nomenclature. He had been then at UC Berkeley, where he began realized that because information about Curator of Algae at the University Her- two projects that were to occupy the algae was retrieved from literature via barium since the 1960s. Many readers rest of his life: the study of the green the scientific names, it was critical to of the Globe may have had the chance to seaweed Codium and the compilation of assemble accurate data about names. meet him at a CNPS meeting, through algal names. The genus Codium, which He conceived and implemented the the Sierra Club (of which he was a life occurs worldwide, with more than 20 equivalent of Index Kewensis for the member), in the herbarium, during one species in the northeast Pacific, was algae. This work, called the Index No- of his Jepson Workshops on seaweeds, very poorly known when Paul began his minum Algarum (INA for short), brings at the San Francisco Opera or the San work. He developed a meticulous rou- together all names of algae, together Francisco Ballet or at any of the musi- tine of examining anatomical features with bibliographic information and cal events on the Berkeley campus. He that showed that outward form was information about type specimens. He contributed two articles for the Globe: not a reliable way to identify species. began it as a graduate student, contin- a biography of Larry Heckard, and a Workers sent him dried or preserved ued it during his tenure at the University guide to the correct spelling of plant samples from everywhere: Tierra del of Illinois, and constantly expanded it names honoring people. Fuego to the Aleutian Islands. He boiled after returning to California. When the Paul was born in San Diego in up subsamples in potassium hydroxide names were on 3 by 5 cards on the 8th 1922 and, as a young boy, developed and teased out utricles to examine and floor of the old herbarium, taxonomic interests in the botany of the San Diego draw the diagnostic features. He was workers came for short or long stays to mountains and in playing the piano. He involved in the naming of 50 Codium use the INA and the world-class phy- was headed for a career in piano and taxa, including 6 from California and cological library that Paul (and W.A. composition until he was introduced to Baja California. Paul was fascinated Setchell before him) had assembled. In marine botany as an undergraduate at by the seaweed diversity of California, the mid-90’s the cards were scanned the University of Southern California. particularly that of the Channel Islands and the images made available via the His college years were interrupted by and the San Francisco Bay, and made World-Wide Web. The index, which is World War II: he served as an officer many collections along the coast—from actively maintained, now houses infor- on the bridge of a destroyer escort, the some places, as we now can see from mation about 200,000 names.

Codium dawsonii (pictured here from When molecular methods revealed that San Clemente Island) is common in the genus Pelvetia occurred only in kelp forests in southern California and Europe, one of Paul’s students, Susan Paul at the microscope. Although very northern Mexico, but was confused Brawley, honored him by proposing the careful observations are required to with a species that occurs in the Gulf of new name, Silvetia, for the California identify Codium using Paul’s methods, California. It is the last species named species. Pictured above is Silvetia com- modern instruments are not necessary. by Paul; the paper validating the name pressa at Point Arena. Paul used the same kind of microscope was accepted for publication on the day throughout his career. he died.

6 Paul belonged to many societies California plant and pollen dedicated to the promotion of knowl- collection edge of algae. He helped to found the By Shih-Yi (Winnie) Hsiung, Integrative International Phycological Society; his Biology, UC Berkeley editorial standards ensured that the papers published in the society journals Pollen morphology can generally were of high quality. He received nu- be distinguished down to the genus merous awards for his studies of algae. level. For example, the famous Mickey He provided names for ~800 species. Mouse pollen grain (Fig. 1) is the well- The genera Paulsilvella, Silvanella, and known morph of pine pollen. Online Figure 2. Flower (pollen) materials in Silvetia are named in his honor, as are digitized pollen collections can help small vials. many species. educators and palynologists, like me, species, including the four most com- Paul was concerned about inte- mon plant families, , Bras- grating all information about algae. sicaceae, Cyperaceae, and Fabaceae He wrote a paper entitled “Continuity, (Fig. 2). For each pollen sample ar- an essential ingredient of modern tax- chived, we also prepared a herbarium onomy” explaining the reciprocal ad- voucher (Fig. 3). This collection (Fig. vantages of new methods in the context 4) has facilitated the identification of historical understanding. of Pleistocene pollen samples I col- In order to ensure that research lected from Clear Lake, California. into algae at the University and Jepson Other pollen morphs were put into Herbaria would continue to be vibrant, Figure 1. Pinus contorta. categories and have been prepared for he left an endowment to fund the Silva further identification. This collection start preliminary pollen identification Center for Phycological Documenta- activity has not been completed due without making new collections and tion, with the goal of advancing the to the large number of plant species doing intricate chemical pollen extrac- work he began. in California and the difficulties of tion. Currently, no attempts, however, managing and photographing pollen. have been made to collect and digi- However, in the future, I hope to of- tize pollen records for the California fer the final results of the collection floristic province. Thanks to support to more people who would like to use from the Lawrence R. Heckard Fund them. of the Jepson Herbarium, I started the first extensive digital archive for the pollen of Californian plants to pro- vide a powerful resource for research and education purposes. Holly Forbes (Curator at the UC Botanical Garden at UC Berkeley) and I have collected pollen materials of 21 families and 86

Figure 4 (above). Pollen samples after chemical treatment

Figure 3 (left). Herbarium vouchers. Utricles of Codium giraffa drawn by Paul Silva. The unusually elongated utricle necks suggested the epithet. Co- dium giraffa grows on the open coast of Pacific central Mexico. Paul made a special trip with Francisco Pedroche in 1977 and collected it from Papanoa, Guerrero.

7 Grad Student News Good news! Matt Guilliams has ing specimens and databases. accepted a position at the Santa Bar- Matt will also continue his work bara Botanic Garden; he is the Ken and on several projects that he started Shirley Tucker Plant Systematist and while at UC Berkeley and San Diego Curator of the Clifton Smith Herbarium. State involving the systematics of For the first year of his new posi- Plagiobothrys and other borages, Mon- tion, Matt will be primarily responsible tiaceae, Ribes, and Potentilla. He also for preparing a flora of Santa Catalina hopes to begin conservation genetic Island that will include taxonomic keys studies of several Channel Island taxa. and descriptions for about 750 taxa. Matt plans to file his dissertation To compile the flora, he will conduct on Plagiobothrys in Fall 2014—we Matt Guilliams in 2014. Photo by fieldwork, collaborate with Research wish him the best of luck in this new Jolene Guilliams with assistance from Associates at SBBG, and rely on exist- chapter of life! Jaia and Malaya.

(Asa Gray Award, cont. from page 1.) Christopher Haufler (Professor and and his responsible and thoughtful con- to do so is a notable and praiseworthy Chair, Department of Ecology & Evo- tributions.” Beyond his constant role accomplishment of his distinguished lutionary Biology, University of Kansas) as the authority for fern identification career. Dr. Smith has led numerous Je- and included supporting letters from and systematics, Dr. Smith’s service pson Herbarium Weekend Workshops, established botanists and early career to the scientific community includes extending his love of ferns to amateur scientists, indicating the range of in- President of the American Fern Society, botanists and local conservation experts, dividuals whose careers Dr. Smith has Editorial Committee for the Flora of and has been involved in field classes influenced. Among his many scholarly North America North of Mexico project, in New Zealand, Hawaii, Costa Rica, contributions, Dr. Smith’s 2006 Clas- Section Leader for the Pteridological and Ecuador. Given this excellence in sification for Extant Ferns is notable Section of the Botanical Society of curation, scholarship, mentoring, and for providing the first modern clas- America, Vice President of the Cali- teaching, Dr. Smith is considered by his sification of living ferns, and his 2004 fornia Botanical Society, Associate community of peers and students to be Pteridophytes of Mexico, co-authored Editor for Pteridologia, member of the the ‘dean of modern work on ferns and with pteridologist, friend, and colleague Editorial Committee for Systematic allied plants.’ Dr. John Mickel, is considered one of Botany Monographs, and Commission Born in Sacramento, California, Dr. the best floras ever written, receiving Member for the Organization for Flora Smith went to high school in Topeka, the International Association for Plant Neotropica. His awards, in addition to Kansas and earned his PhD from Iowa ’s prestigious Engler Medal the Engler Medal in Silver, include the State University in 1969. He became a in Silver. Sir Peter Crane notes that one Botanical Society of America’s Centen- Research Botanist with the University of Dr. Smith’s unique contributions to nial Award, Honorary Membership in Herbarium at UC Berkeley in 1969 and fern taxonomy and evolutionary biol- the British Pteridological Society, and held that position until his retirement ogy has been “rendering the diversity of the McBryde Fellowship from the Pa- in 2007. ferns and their allies intelligible and ap- cific Tropical Botanical Garden. Dr. Smith’s nomination for the proachable in ways that were previously As one colleague states, effectively Asa Gray Award was compiled by Dr. unimagined.” In this way, Dr. Smith has summarizing statements made in all inspired and facilitated research supporting letters, Dr. Alan Smith is on pteridophytes for generations “a highly successful researcher and to come. leader. He listens, hears and respects Dr. Smith embodies the the opinions of others… [he] is a fine spirit of Asa Gray himself: scholar, botanist, plant taxonomist, As noted by nominator Dr. pteridologist, and person.” For this, the Christopher Haufler, Alan “is a American Society of Plant Taxonomists consummate curator, a floristic honors Dr. Alan R. Smith for his talents, genius, a gifted synthesizer of insights, and unfailing generosity and morphology and biogeography, finds him eminently deserving of the an incredibly generous collabo- Asa Gray Award. rator, and the authority to whom Reprinted with permission from the all those working on ferns look American Society of Plant Taxonomists: http://www.aspt.net/news/2014/08/01/2014- Alan Smith with award, and Christopher because of his keen insights, asa-gray-award-winner-alan-smith#. Haufler. Photo by Emily Sessa. his encyclopedic knowledge, U9_-FhZvWgE 8 The Jepson Herbarium Amy Kasameyer Elected Second VP, CBHL Projects & Resources Amy Kasameyer, Archivist, Uni- than 43 million pages of biodiversity versity and Jepson Herbaria, attended literature; digitization projects at the 2,200,000+ Worldwide Plant Specimens the Council on Botanical and Horticul- Smithsonian Archives of American Director: Brent D. Mishler tural Libraries (CBHL) Annual Meet- Gardens (gardens.si.edu/collections- Deep Moss: Reconstructing the early evolu- ing, hosted by Lewis Ginter Botanical research/aag.html), and the highly tion of mosses from comparative genomics Garden in Richmond, Virginia, in April/ successful Community Read project Moorea Biocode Project (a complete inventory May 2014. at Longwood Gardens (longwoodgar- of an island ecosystem) The Council on Botanical and dens.org/community-read). In addition Systematics and ecology of Syntrichia Horticultural Libraries is the leading to exploring the lovely grounds of the Curator: Bruce G. Baldwin Systematics and Evolution of Calif. tarweeds professional organization in the field of Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, con- and relatives (tribe Madieae, Compositae), botanical and horticultural information ference attendees were also able to visit Chaenactis (Chaenactidieae, Compositae), services. CBHL believes in the critical the headquarters of the Garden Club of and Collinsia (Plantaginaceae). importance of collecting, preserving, Virginia and two historic Richmond Curator of Ecology: David Ackerly and making accessible the accumulated estates with extensive gardens: May- Ecology and evolution of California flora; knowledge about plants for present and mont and Virginia House. Climate change impacts and conservation future generations. The CBHL members elected Amy strategies At the meeting Amy was able to serve on their board as Second Vice Curator of Monocots: Chelsea D. Specht to network with her fellow botanical President, which represents a four-year Evolution and biogeography of Calif. mono- librarians from more than 30 institu- commitment, each year officers rotate cots (including Allium, Nolina) tions throughout the United States through the different board positions. Systematics and evolution of Heliconiaceae, and Canada. Member presentations of She looks forward to becoming more Costaceae, and Zingiberaceae interest included an update on the Bio- involved in the organization. Floral developmental evolution in the tropical diversity Heritage Library (www.biodi- Learn more about CBHL at www. gingers (Zingiberales) versitylibrary.org/), which has digitized cbhl.net. Curator of W. N. Am. Botany: Barbara Ertter and made freely available online more Flora of Mount Diablo & Flora of the East Bay, North American Potentilleae Trustees: (Chancellor’s Award, cont. from page 1) (Sri Lanka, cont. from page 5.) Vice Chancellor Emeritus Beth Burnside; UC of commitment and ingenuity that work we have carried out so far closely Botanical Garden Director Paul Licht; Cathy Park, Professors John Taylor and Brent D. help forward an important aspect parallels the three directives put forth Mishler (ex officio) of the mission of the herbarium; to by Willis Linn Jepson. I have updated Asst. Director for Collections: Andrew Doran deliver university level course content the checklist to the flowering plants of Cultivated plants, UK flora to a broad audience of participants Sri Lanka and have received training at Asst. Director for Development & Outreach: throughout the state of California. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and am Staci Markos, Jepson eFlora, CCH & Globe editor Since she began in April, 2010, in the process of completing checklists Manag. of Collections Data: David Baxter Jeanne Marie has not only maintained and detailed illustrations to the coastal Collections Staff & Plant Identification: the high standards of the workshops plants of Sri Lanka. It is my intention Kim Kersh, Clare Loughran, Ana Penny, & but significantly improved and to disseminate this knowledge through Margriet Wetherwax expanded them by increasing the publications and to liaise between the Jepson eFlora & Online Interchange for depth of programming, broadening the scientific community and the interested California Floristics audience of participants, and elevating public and support conservation efforts Scientific Editor: Tom Rosatti communications to the digital age. around the country. Project Research Specialist: Scott Simono This year, she also added the California These common interests and Constancea: UC Publications in Botany (online) Naturalists Training, which is designed shared ambitions are another way in Archivist: Amy Kasameyer, Botanical Library & Archives to introduce Californians to the wonders which the Berkeley herbaria were an Public Programs: Jeanne Marie Acceturo, of the state’s unique ecology and engage ideal choice for pursuing my current Botanical Workshops & Courses them in the study and stewardship of research work. It has been a most en- Membership, workshop enrollment, and California’s natural communities. joyable and very fruitful stay. Thank Globe design: Edith Summers Congratulations Jeanne Marie! you to Prof. Bruce Baldwin and all the Staff Research Associate: Bridget Wessa herbaria staff.

9 Member’s Night Out 2014 Workshop Year In Review We had a great workshop season in 2014, despite the dry year. Photos on the facing page reflect some of our experiences. Photos, clockwise from top left: Upper Deadfall Lake, with Mt. Eddy in the background and Allium vali- dum in the foreground; Middle and West Anacapa Islands (as viewed from East Anacapa); counting petals dur- Photo by Kristi Foster ing “50 Families in the Field;” wild- We are planning a special evening for Friends of the Jepson flower enthusiasts from “Sierra Ne- Herbarium! On Friday, September 12th, current vada Wildflower Identification Made Fun” (photo by Edith Summers); ea- members are invited to join us for “An Evening with gerly photographing an annual buck- Peter Raven.” wheat on Tejon Ranch; examining the spores of Hymenena flabelligera in We will host a reception and book sale followed by a Point Arena; instructor Terry Huffman presentation by Dr. Raven, who will speak on the future explaining hydric soils for “Wetland of plant diversity. Delineation” (photo by Ellen Uhler); pollinating occidentale var. Watch your email for details on this invitation-only venustum. Photos by Jeanne Marie Acceturo, event! except where indicated.

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Highlights for Fall 2014 Botany Lunch

Botany Lunch meets Fridays at noon during the academic year. Talks are free to the public and are presented in 1002 Valley Life Sciences Building (entrance in small corridor by north entrance on ground floor).

Sep. 5th Else Vellinga, Bruns Lab., Department of Plant & Microbial Biology, University of California, Berkeley. “Fungi at Cal: The MaCC-project & the UC Herbarium”

Sep. 12th Joe Miller, Centre For Australian National Biodiversity Research, Australian National Herbarium. “PhyloJIVE: Integrating biodiversity data with the Tree of Life.”

Sep. 19th Winnie Hsiung, Graduate Student, Looy Lab, Department of Integrative Biology “From pollen to climate, what can paleopalynology tell us?”

Sep. 26th Lisa Offringa, Postdoctoral Research Fellow, Stanford Prevention Research Center, Stanford University School of Medicine “Medicinal Plants of Northern Thailand for the Treatment of Cognitive Impairment in the Elderly”

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