Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

28 May, 01 PM - 29 May, 07 PM

Calochortus venustus, a California endemic bulbous lily, displays striking variation in floral pigmentation and patterning with a spatial geographic distribution experiencing sequential change in phenotypic variation from the founding population, ie. populations in the south appear to be polymorphic with petals of individuals ranging from deep red to pink to white, while populations in the north are mainly monomorphic with petals of individuals being white. I will take a population genetic approach through RAD-Sequencing to elucidate the history of dispersal (range expansion) and population dynamics. Calochortus venustus flowers and leaves will be collected from about 20 individuals from each park(~10 individuals of each red and white phenotype). Less than or equal to 10 bulbs will be collected for growing in greenhouse for downstream experiments. 2 voucher specimens of each phenotype will be collected for herbaria. Leaf and floral tissue will be collected into coin envelopes in the field for downstream DNA extraction in the lab. Each sample will be photographed with a Canon Powershot camera and mapped using a Garmin etrex 30x GPS.

Visit #62624 @Blue Oak Ranch Reserve

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Under Project # 42999 | Research

Floral Pigmentation Patterns in Calochortus venustus

graduate_student - Cornell University

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Adriana Hernandez May 28 - 29, 2019 (2 days)

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