The Latvis Lab

 

What do we do?

We are fascinated by plants and the maintenance and assembly of biodiversity. Our research focuses on plant evolution, ecology, taxonomy, and conservation, and we employ a diverse suite of tools that includes fieldwork, genomics, herbarium studies, and computational approaches. Shared evolutionary history (phylogeny or the "tree of life") provides the context with which we explore our research questions. Herbarium specimens are essential for the work we do, and we are proud curators and advocates for the UARK Herbarium and natural history collections more broadly.​

​

Where are we?

Our home is in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Arkansas. Located in Fayetteville, AR, we are on the outskirts of the Boston mountains within the Ozark Highlands. These ranges are some of the oldest mountains in North America and represent biodiversity hotspots within the United States, including several endemic plant species.

​

​

Contact:

Maribeth Latvis, PhD

Assistant Professor and UARK Herbarium Director

University of Arkansas

Department of Biological Sciences

850 W. Dickson St. SCEN 601

Fayetteville, AR, 72701

mlatvis(at)uark(dot)edu 

​

​