Profile
Lorena Endara
Biological Sciences
Herbarium Curator / Lecturer
Bob and Betsy Campbell Museum of Natural History
Long Hall B17 [Lab]
Long Hall B17A [Class Laboratory Service]
Long Hall 155 [Office]
Educational Background
Ph.D., Botany, University of Florida, 2013
B.Sc., Biological Sciences, Catholic University of Ecuador, 2000
Profile/About Me
Native to Ecuador, I have made Clemson and South Carolina my home. I received my undergrad education in Ecuador and my doctorate at the University of Florida in Gainesville. I have loved plants since I was a kid and have a special interest in plant diversity. With so many endemic plants, this area of South Carolina is a botanist dream.
Research Interests
I am a plant systematist interested in selected orchid and gymnosperm groups. I am originally from Ecuador, and my research questions have been centered on the evolution of selected orchid groups that inhabit the montane forests of the Andes. I use a variety of methods to answer my questions.
Courses Taught
Plant Taxonomy BIOL 4060, 4070, 6060, 6070
Senior Seminar BIOL 4930
I support activities in other plant-related classes and outreach events or summer camps as part of my service as the Herbarium Curator.
Selected Publications
Last five publications:
Bechteler, J., Peñaloza-Bojacá, G., Bell, D., Burleigh, J. G., McDaniel, S. F., Davis, E. C., Sessa, E. B., Bippus, A., Cargill, D. C., Chantanoarrapint, S., Draper, I., Endara, L., Forrest, L. L., Garilleti, R., Graham, S. W., Huttunen, S., Lazo, J. J., Lara, F., Larraín, J., . . . A., C. V. et al. 2023. Comprehensive phylogenomic time tree of bryophytes reveals deep relationships and uncovers gene incongruences in the last 500 million years of diversification. American Journal of Botany, 110(11), e16249. DOI: 10.1002/ajb2.16249
Guayasamin, J.M., R.Vandegrift, , T. Policha, A.C. Encalada, N. Greene, B. Blanca Ríos-Touma, L. Endara, R.E Cárdenas, , F. Larreátegui, L. Baquero, I. Arcos, , J Cueva, M. Peck, , F. Alfonso-Cortes, D. Thomas, J. DeCoux, E. Levy, B. Roy. 2021. Biodiversity conservation: local and global consequences of the application of ‘Rights of Nature’ by Ecuador. Neotropical Biodiversity. 7(1) 541-545. DOI: 10.1080/23766808.2021.2006550
Valle, N. , A. Pavlo, L. Endara, C.E. Davis, G. Somarriba, E. Sessa, F. Luo. S. Carey, S. Dogan, G. Burleigh, S. McDaniel. 2021. Community Science, Storytelling, or Inquiry-Based Learning? Evaluating Three Technology-Enhanced Pedagogical Approaches in an Online Botany Course. The American Biology Teacher. 83(8). 512-520. DOI: 10.1525/abt.2021.83.8.513
Breinholt, J.W., S.B, Carey, G.P. Tiley, E.C. Davis, L. Endara, S.F. McDaniel, L.G. Neves, E.B. Sessa, M. von Konrat, S. Fawcett, S.M. Ickert-Bond, P.H. Labiak, J. Larraín, M. Lehnert, L.R. Lewis, N.S. Nagalingum, N. Patel, S.A. Rensing, W. Testo, A. Vasco, J.C. Villarreal, E.W. Williams, J.G. Burleigh. 2021. Target enrichment probe set for resolving the flagellate plant tree of life. Applications in Plant Sciences. 9(1): e11406. DOI:10.1002/aps3.11406
Luo, F., P. Antonenko, N. Valle, E.C. Davis, E. Sessa, G. Burleigh, L. Endara, S. McDaniel, S. Carey. 2020. Collaborative design reasoning in a large interdisciplinary educational technology design project. International Journal of Designs for Learning. 11(1). DOI: 10.14434/ijdl.v11i1.25633
Selected Talks
Last five talks:
International Botanical Conference 2024. Madrid, Spain
1. Scaphosepalum Phylogenomics (and advances of the system). With: Gordon Burleigh, Jessie Pelosie, Jana U’Ren.
2. Novelties of the Araucariaceae phylogenomics. With: Gordon Burleigh
Latinamerican Botanical Conference 2018. Quito, Ecuador
1. Orchids and Andean forests: a call for the conservation of Ecuador (invited talk).
2. Advances in knowledge of the evolutionary history of flagellate plants With: Gordon Burleigh (symposium organizer)
ICBO 2018. Corvallis, Oregon, USA
1. A Natural Language Processing Pipeline to extract phenotypic data from formal taxonomic descriptions with a Focus on Flagellate Plants With: Gordon Burleigh, Laurel Cooper, Marie-Angelique Laporte, Pankhaj Jaiswal, Hong Cui. (invited talk).
Memberships
Active:
Society of Herbarium Curators (2022- to date)
South Carolina Native Plant Society (2022- to date)
Southern Appalachian Botanical Society (2021- to date)
