ASBS Newsletter

Number 124, September 2005

Contents

ASBS Inc. business
From the President ............ 1
Hansjörg Eichler Research Fund award announcement ............ 1

Eichler Research Fund report
Molecular phylogeny of Eucalyptus subgenus Eudesmia based on DNA sequence data ............ 2

Article
Burning bushes ............ 4

News
A new herbarium for PERTH ............ 6
Recent staff changes at MEL ............ 6
Imminent changes at the top in Australian herbaria ............ 6
French gardens in the news again ............ 7
Showcasing the Wollemi Pine globally ............ 7

Obituaries
Dr Dennis Ivor Morris D.Sc. 1924 – 2005 ............ 8
Dr Winifred Mary Curtis 1905 – 2005 ............ 9
Vale John B. Williams 1932 – 2005 ............ 9
Yak(k)as Lelean 1937 – 2005 ............ 15

Historical note
A nickname for Piron ............ 16

CHAH business
The Australian Plant Census ............ 16

ABRS report ............ 17

ABLO report ............ 19

Conference reports
International Botanical Congress, Vienna, Austria ............ 20
Taxonomic Databases Working Group at St Petersburgh ............ 22

Coming conferences
International Botanical Congress 2011 – Melbourne ............ 23

Book reviews
Fungi Down Under: another Fungimap achievement ............ 25
Inland Australian plants ............ 26
Modern approaches to investigating plant evolution ............ 27
Christmas Island native plants ............ 30
A field and garden guide to Hakeas ............ 31

Websites of interest
Handwriting samples of botanists ............ 31
Rare books on the web ............ 32
Malesian Cyclopaedia of Collectors on the web ............ 32
PapuaWeb ............ 32
Hawksworth’s draft glossary of terms used in biological codes ............ 32
Smithsonian Catalogue of botanical art ............ 32
Flora of Zimbabwe ............ 33
Catalogue of New World Grasses ............ 33
Spiders – particularly of Australia and USA ............ 33

Federation of Associations of Scientific and Technological Societies ............ 33

ASBS Publications ............ 35

ASBS Chapter Conveners ............ 36

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

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