{"id":3311,"date":"2022-08-26T21:32:20","date_gmt":"2022-08-26T21:32:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/the-power-of-objects\/?page_id=3311"},"modified":"2022-10-04T16:31:31","modified_gmt":"2022-10-04T16:31:31","slug":"callicarpa-americana-specimen","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/the-power-of-objects\/callicarpa-americana-specimen\/","title":{"rendered":"Callicarpa Americana\u00a0Specimen"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n<\/small>Callicarpa Americana Specimen<\/h1>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”3733″ img_size=”large” style=”xtd-shadow–normal-light” el_class=”xtd-offset-frame”][vc_column_text]\n

Emory Herbarium\u00a0 <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Curated herbarium voucher specimen of the American Beautyberry
\nCatalog #:\u202fGEO-MB-22044<\/strong>
\nTaxon:\u202fCallicarpa americana L.<\/em><\/strong>
\nFamily:\u202fLamiaceae<\/strong>
\nCollector: Tharanga Samarakoon<\/strong>
\nDate:\u202f26 June 2017<\/strong>
\nLocality:\u202fHahn Wood, Emory University<\/strong>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-7″][vc_column_text]\n

If most people are inured to the distinct beauty of different tree species and brightly colored flowers, herbarium specimens looking more like brown, flat, plant \u201cmummies,\u201d are definitely not going to catch their eye.\u202f\u00a0 However, herbarium specimens and scientific vouchers continue to serve core roles in taxonomy, floristics, and species identification. Emory Herbarium (GEO) contains more than 24,000 specimens of non-vascular and vascular plants providing a basis for teaching and research.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

The voucher specimen on display is of Beautyberry, a native deciduous shrub that is often grown as an ornamental plant due to its eye-catching purple colored, juicy, sweet, fleshy, and slightly aromatic fruits. The leaves of this plant are well known for their insect-repellent effects. Also, Beautyberry has a long history of use in Native American medicine for its antidiarrheal, antirheumatic and dermatological properties.\u00a0 Exciting new research found that Beautyberry produces compounds that restore the activity of certain antibiotics to methicillin resistant Staphylococcus aureus<\/i>. Rapid emergence of resistant bacteria is occurring worldwide, endangering the efficacy of antibiotics. Therefore, this finding offers new hope in the search for plant derived compounds to combat antibiotic resistance.<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n[\/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner gap=”35″][vc_column_inner][vc_column_text]To learn more about the paper click\u00a0here.\u00a0<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

To learn more about the specimen <\/span>click here.<\/a>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column_inner][\/vc_row_inner][\/vc_column][vc_column][vc_column_text]\n

For more information about the Emory Herbarium click here<\/strong><\/a><\/h4>\n[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

[vc_row curly_padding=”content-padding” css=”.vc_custom_1661357039234{padding-bottom: 0px !important;}”][vc_column][vc_single_image image=”2683″ img_size=”medium” alignment=”center” css_animation=”rollIn”][vc_column_text] Callicarpa Americana Specimen [\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”1\/3″][vc_single_image image=”3733″ img_size=”large” style=”xtd-shadow–normal-light” el_class=”xtd-offset-frame”][vc_column_text] Emory Herbarium\u00a0 Curated herbarium voucher specimen of the American Beautyberry Catalog #:\u202fGEO-MB-22044 Taxon:\u202fCallicarpa americana L. Family:\u202fLamiaceae Collector: Tharanga Samarakoon Date:\u202f26 June 2017 Locality:\u202fHahn Wood, Emory University[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][vc_column width=”2\/3″ offset=”vc_col-lg-offset-1 vc_col-lg-7″][vc_column_text] If most people are inured to the distinct beauty of different tree species […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-3311","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/the-power-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3311","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/the-power-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/the-power-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/the-power-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/the-power-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3311"}],"version-history":[{"count":10,"href":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/the-power-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3311\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3833,"href":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/the-power-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/3311\/revisions\/3833"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/exhibits.libraries.emory.edu\/the-power-of-objects\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3311"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}