New Plant Species: Furman University’s Ashley Morris, a professor of biology, collaborated with Jon Evans, a biology professor at Sewanee University [Newswise] 
Research

Biology Professor Morris Contributes to Discovery of New Plant Species

Furman University’s Ashley Morris, a professor of biology, collaborated with Jon Evans, a biology professor at Sewanee University, to identify a new plant species. Thought to be lost since 1795 and “hiding in plain sight,” Phacelia sewaneensis (its proposed name), bears purple and white blooms with jagged leaves

NewsGram Desk

New Plant Species: Furman University’s Ashley Morris, a professor of biology, collaborated with Jon Evans, a biology professor at Sewanee University, to identify a new plant species. Thought to be lost since 1795 and “hiding in plain sight,” Phacelia sewaneensis (its proposed name), bears purple and white blooms with jagged leaves – much like another known species with purple and blue blooms.

Evans turned to Furman’s Morris to conduct genetic analysis on the two plants that exhibited different growing patterns, among other characteristics. She extracted DNA from the samples and found that the two are reproductively incompatible species, confirming their genetic uniqueness. Learn more in The Sewanee Purple. Newswise/SP

Subscribe to our channels on YouTube and WhatsApp 

Also Read

Manchester Synagogue Attack: why so Many People in Britain’s Jewish Community felt a Sense of Inevitability that this day Would come

Around the World, Migrants are Being Deported at Alarming rates, How did this Become Normalised?

Cuba’s Leaders see their Options dim amid Blackouts and a Shrinking Economy

Israel’s interception of the Gaza aid flotilla is a clear violation of international law

UK Think Tank Says Leaked Documents Show Russia Is Helping China Prepare To Seize Taiwan