Kick Me Inna Asteraceae

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Kick Me Inna Asteraceae

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78 minutes

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Feb 10, 2019

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A Very Brief, Low-Brow Approach to the Sunflower Family with frequent cameos by an inopportune Yukele, with frequent digressions into Palo-Endemics, Refugia, Botanical Speciation , Disjunct Populations and Molecular Phylogenetics.

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Feb 10, 2019

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Podcast episode

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An antidote to the nausea caused by life in modern society via explorations of the cast of plant species composing the "living skin" of Planet Earth.

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Kick Me Inna Asteraceae

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