How Do You Describe a New Species? Botanical Illustration of Gysophilic Plants from the Chihuahan Desert, Mexico
Location
King Building 337
Document Type
Presentation
Start Date
4-29-2016 1:30 PM
End Date
4-29-2016 2:30 PM
Abstract
In today’s technology-dominated society, botanical illustration may seem like a throwback to the past. Why spend so much time doing botanical illustration when you can just take a photograph and call it done? Botanical illustration allows the artist to depict the true essence of the plant in a way that a photograph cannot. Exploration of the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico by the Moore lab has led to the discovery of new plant species on gypsum deposits. I illustrated multiple new species and worked with Professor Moore on a species description of the new Acleisanthes species.
Recommended Citation
Loke, Elena, "How Do You Describe a New Species? Botanical Illustration of Gysophilic Plants from the Chihuahan Desert, Mexico" (04/29/16). Senior Symposium. 31.
https://digitalcommons.oberlin.edu/seniorsymp/2016/presentations/31
Major
Biology
Advisor(s)
Roger Laushman, Biology
Project Mentor(s)
Michael Moore, Biology
April 2016
How Do You Describe a New Species? Botanical Illustration of Gysophilic Plants from the Chihuahan Desert, Mexico
King Building 337
In today’s technology-dominated society, botanical illustration may seem like a throwback to the past. Why spend so much time doing botanical illustration when you can just take a photograph and call it done? Botanical illustration allows the artist to depict the true essence of the plant in a way that a photograph cannot. Exploration of the Chihuahuan Desert in Mexico by the Moore lab has led to the discovery of new plant species on gypsum deposits. I illustrated multiple new species and worked with Professor Moore on a species description of the new Acleisanthes species.
Notes
Session I, Panel 4 - Media Studies: Representations of the Real in Biology and Geology
Moderator: Karla Hubbard, Associate Professor of Geology