ASBS Newsletter

Number 119, June 2004

Contents

ASBS Inc. business
Annual General Meeting 2004, workshop and Canberra Chapter meeting 26th - 27th July ...... 1
ASBS workshop: Preparation of a handbook to the families of Australian vascular plants ...... 1
ASBS Canberra Chapter Meeting ...... 1
Hansjörg Eichler Research Grants ...... 1

Articles
Projects of the Papua New Guinea National Herbarium (LAE) ...... 2

Comment
Australian Acacia to (mostly) remain Acacia ...... 5
On the genus Acacia ...... 6

Obituaries
Vale Don Foreman 1945-2004 ...... 7
Donald Bruce Foreman in Papua New Guinea (1969-1975) ...... 12
Activities at the Lae Herbarium in Don Foreman's time ...... 16
Sophie Ducker 1909-2004 ...... 18

Determinavit slips
Nouvelle cuisine ...... 18

News
Queen's Birthday honours ...... 19
Steve Hopper moves to University of Western Australia ...... 19
Head of AD advertised ...... 19
Australian Weeds position in Queensland ...... 19
Papua New Guinea data on global biodiversity website ...... 19
Bob Johns retires ...... 19
New ancient DNA position ...... 20

Personalia
Happy Birthday Winifred Curtis ...... 20
Curator, Weed Taxonomy: a new position at the Tasmanian Herbarium ...... 21

ABRS report ...... 22

ABLO report ...... 25

Book reviews
Tree ferns ...... 26
A history of Australian botanical endeavour ...... 28
Australian lichens ...... 31
A field guide to Queensland wetland plants ...... 32

Meetings
Taxonomic Databases Working Group (TDWG) annual meeting ...... 34
Ecological Society of Australia ...... 34

FASTS ...... 34

ASBS Publications ...... 35

ASBS Chapter Conveners ...... 36

Contacting Major Australian Herbaria and Systematics Institutions ...... 36

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