BotanyPeter Kann
2019 The Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship in Field Botany
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Peter Kann is a master’s student at East Carolina University, a public research university in Greenville, NC, studying the evolution of plant-insect relationships. He is researching the esh y genus Fletcherimyia, which broods its young within the leaves of carnivorous pitcher plants (Sarracenia). After traveling across the eastern US collecting y specimens and cataloging pitcher plants, he will create and compare a phylogeny of the ies and the pitcher plants, seeking signs of co-evolution between them. This research will provide information to help pitcher plant conservation and will shed new light on their natural history.
The Garden Club of America Summer Scholarship in Field Botany
To support students' field studies and offer an opportunity to gain knowledge and experience beyond the regular course of study.
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