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The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

 

GCA scholars work around the globe in their efforts to pursue and share knowledge. Explore their areas of interest using the directory and by reading the GCA’s annual publication, GCA Scholars Report.

Scholar Directory

 
 
 
 

2025

Julieanne Montaquila

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

How Do Endemic Hemiparasites Bakerella Poissoni and Viscum Multiflorum Affect the Nutrient...

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2025

Sophia Richter

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

The Effects of Herbivore Extinction and Rewilding on African Savanna Plant Communities and...

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2025

Evan Foster

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Friend or Foe? Effects of Tree Canopies on Understory Plants in a Hyper-diverse African...

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2025

Aislinn Mumford

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Evolution of Color in Palicourea, a Genus of Neotropical Flowering PlantsPalicourea, the...

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2025

Katherine Culbertson

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Investigating Rainforest Resilience and Barriers to Regeneration in Eastern MadagascarTo better...

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2024

Stephen Holden Jones

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Using Drones to Predict Large-Seeded Later-Successional Tree Species Dispersal for Neotropical...

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2024

Evan Foster

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

How Large Herbivore Declines and Climate Change Interact to Shape African Savanna Plant...

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2024

Julia Douglas

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Long-term Monitoring of Epiphytic Fern Communities in Hawaii: Assessing the Effects of Seasonal...

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2023

Jeffery Stallman

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Biodiversity Discovery and Monitoring of Fungi in Cusuco National Park, Honduras ...

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2023

Camille DeSisto

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Consequences of Disturbance on Plant-Lemur Networks in Madagascar To better understand complex...

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2023

Riley Fortier

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Longitudinal Study to Test for the Acclimation of Individual Trees to Multiple Decades of Climate...

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2023

Brock Mashburn

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

New Perspectives on TransOceanic Dispersal, Guided by a Critically Endangered Group of Tropical...

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2023

Ellen Quinlan

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Patterns of Diversification and Gene Flow in Andean Prunus Quinlan seeks to advance...

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2022

Adam Chmurzynski

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Can Branch Architecture from Laser Scans Predict Tree Growth Rates in Neotropical Dry Forests? ...

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2022

Nora Smyth

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

The Diversity and Evolution of Impatiens in the Eastern Arc Mountains Using field botany,...

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2022

Julia Harenčár

The Garden Club of America Fellowship in Tropical Botany

Combining Ecology and Genetics to Understand Species Boundaries in Neotropical Gingers ...

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