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GNPS Program: “Knowing the Sunflower Family in New Mexico”
Friday, January 20, 2023, 07:00pm - 08:30pm |
Presentation by Richard Spellenberg, Professor Emeritus, NMSU
The Gila Native Plant Society will kick off its 2023 programs on Friday, January 20, 2023, at 7:00 pm, with a presentation by Richard Spellenberg, Professor Emeritus, New Mexico State University. The program will be presented live at Harlan Hall on the WNMU Campus in Room 111, as well as via Zoom for those who prefer to attend online. As always, the public is welcome. Anyone interested in joining in the Zoom presentation may request a link from gilanative@gmail.com.
Prof. Spellenberg is the author of The Sunflower Family: A Guide to the Family Asteraceae in the Contiguous United States. He will give a PowerPoint-guided talk on what makes this family so difficult to grasp, the structure of the sunflower head, the features valuable in identification, and the value in learning taxonomic tribes in the family. Examples will be from New Mexico species.
Location 12th & Alabama Streets
Silver City NM 88061