BotanyCarrie Tribble
2019 The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Carrie Tribble is a PhD candidate in the Integrative Biology Department at the University of California, Berkeley. Her research focuses on the evolution of underground parts of plants and on the systematics and diversi cation of tropical plants, such as the charismatic members of the genus Bomarea. She is particularly interested in B. edulis, a pre-Columbian plant known for its edible and medicinal root tubers. Tribble hopes to integrate statistical phylogenetic models and ethnobotanical knowledge to better understand the drivers of evolution in this unique plant.
The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany
To promote the preservation of tropical forests by enlarging the body of botanists with field experience.
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