BotanyJulia Harenčár
2022 The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Combining Ecology and Genetics to Understand Species Boundaries in Neotropical Gingers
Harenčár works at the confluence of traditional ecology and cutting-edge genetics to understand plant evolution. Harenčár believes that understanding interactions between selection pressures, gene flow, and the genetic basis of ecological differences is critical to predicting how environmental change might impact species boundaries. Integrating ecology and genetics to understand the impact of hybridization on species, Harenčár’s research will explain the role of hybridization and selection on species maintenance in a pair of neotropical spiral gingers.
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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