ANBG Friends Plant Science Group Technical Talk
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Monday, 5 May 2014 - 10:30am
ANBG Friends Plant Science Group Technical Talk
Date & Time: Monday 5th May, 2014 at 10.30 am
Place: Crosbie Morrison Building, ANBG
Topic: Cryptic Plants: Secrets of the Early Land Plants
Speaker: Dr Christine Cargill, Curator of Cryptogams, ANBG
Talk summary: Christine will discuss the origin of the group of land plants known collectively as the bryophytes, including mosses, liverworts and hornworts. This is believed to be one of the earliest groups of plants to adapt to life on land. What are the bryophytes and how have they evolved to thrive in the environments that they have colonised all over the world?
