Podcast: A Clusterf*ck of Mustards
Added 2025-05-21 19:19:26 +0000 UTCIn this episode we talk with Makenzie Mabry, PhD, about the order Brassicales and all the cool and bizarre plants and plant families within it. We talk about the trend of polyploidy, whole genome duplication, the affinity for deserts and arid habitats, the evolution of succulents and the particular phytochemistry known as glucosinolates.
We start off talking about the octopus plant that was recently discovered in 2020 in the salt pan deserts of Namibia, Tiganophyton karasense, and go through the entire phylogeny of the order, talking about little known families from disparate parts of the globe and why so many families only contain one species
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Yeah we were talking about some unrelated shit about Chilean Islands but I decided to start recording there because it was interesting
Anthony J Malone
2025-05-22 16:46:56 +0000 UTCThis starts mid-conversation as if recording started late or the beginning was chopped off.
Fred
2025-05-22 02:54:05 +0000 UTCSome nice casual listening there for the plant nerds
Ryan Gray
2025-05-21 19:21:39 +0000 UTC
