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Kelly Pfeiler

@kpfeiler.bsky.social

Assistant Professor in Botany at Austin Peay State University, Tennessee.

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Kelly Pfeiler@kpfeiler.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Our new paper is out, check it out! It is callitroid (Cupressaceae) cone from the Cretaceous of Antartica!

Botanical Society of America@botsocamerica.bsky.social · 2mo ago

New #AJB research details how #fossils show the first occurrence of #Austrocedrus in Antarctica, demonstrating that the genus was an element of Antarctic forest ecosystems during the Late Cretaceous. New #AJB research by @kpfeiler.bsky.social et al. doi.org/10.1002/ajb2.... #botany #cypress

Seed cones of Austrocedrus vetus sp. nov. cross section (left) and three-dimensional reconstructions of cones (middle and left). Image in middle with four valvate ovuliferous complexes and image at left with one ovuliferous complex hidden to reveal columella at the center of the cone.
Tom Kimmerer, PhD@tomkimmerer.bsky.social · 2y ago

For International Women's Day, let's pay homage to the great plant anatomist Katherine Esau. In her long career, she transformed our understanding of plant structure through her research and her very important books. She is my academic grandmother, advisor of my advisor.

Plant anatomist Dr. Katherine Esau peering into the screen of a transmission electron microscope. The black, plain cover of the book Anatomy of Seed Plants 2nd Edition.