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Digitizing Texas’ Botanical Legacy: the Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria
July 17 @ 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm
Webinar Description
Natural history collections, such as herbaria, are well-positioned for the analysis of global change and the resulting impacts on regional biota. In this context, the digitized herbarium specimen data from the Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria provide the capacity for addressing major hypotheses in the region concerning patterns of species richness and phylogenetic diversity, vegetation responses to climate change, and species distribution models based on substrate versus climatic data. This seminar will focus on Texas digitization and discoveries, showcasing the rich legacy of plant data in our state.
Presenter
Tiana F. Rehman, Herbarium Director, Botanical Research Institute of Texas at Fort Worth Botanic Garden
Bio
Tiana Rehman has served as the Director of the Philecology Herbarium of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas at the Fort Worth Botanic Garden since 2022. In this role she facilitates the growth and development of this 10th largest herbarium in the United States, as well as advocating for the importance of natural history collections for biodiversity and global change research. She serves on the steering committee of the Texas Oklahoma Regional Consortium of Herbaria, and currently serves on the executive committee of the multi-year National Science Foundation-funded project, “American Crossroads: Digitizing the Vascular Flora of the South Central United States.”
