About the Speaker
Dr. Benjamin Torke is a Curator in the Center for Biodiversity & Evolution. His research focuses on Neotropical plant diversity and the systematics, natural history, and conservation of rain forest trees of the legume family.
Wednesday, June 4, 2025
5 to 6 p.m. | Online
Lowland Neotropical rain forests harbor more species of tropical trees in inventory plots than any other biome, but the underlying drivers of this diversity, as well as the historical assembly of the neotropical flora, are poorly understood. In this month’s webinar, Benjamin Torke, Ph.D., Curator for NYBG’s Center for Biodiversity & Evolution, will summarize his systematic and evolutionary studies of Neotropical legumes, as well as floristic research in Amazonia and beyond, revealing insights about spatial patterns of diversity and how they came to be.
Dr. Benjamin Torke is a Curator in the Center for Biodiversity & Evolution. His research focuses on Neotropical plant diversity and the systematics, natural history, and conservation of rain forest trees of the legume family.