ASBS Newsletter

Number 128, September 2006

Contents

From the President . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Nancy Burbidge Medal
2004 Nancy Burbidge Medal acceptance speech . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

ASBS Inc. business
New members . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Articles
Interpreting biogeographic patterns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
CALM’s Pilbara biological survey – a "Visiting Botanist" viewpoint . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
The true story of Sirodotia goebelii . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Floral floats and flower battles – Australian acacia under another name . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15

News
Kevin Thiele, new head of the Western Australian Herbarium. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
New PERTH taxonomy project: the Biodiversity Conservation Initiative . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Perth news. . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
CHAH and HISCOM meet in Hobart . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Bob Harwood leaving Darwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Ancient DNA laboratory and climate change initiative in South Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
Judy West: A get well from all of us . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
FloraBase phylogeny . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
First appointment to ATH, the Australian Tropical Herbarium in Cairns . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19

Miscellanea – 1
The call for more systematists from outside bodies . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
The first issue of Kanunnah . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Science media . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Acacia – the debate continues . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Free access to Royal Society journals for 2 months from September 15th . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
Germinating 200 year old seeds successfully. . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Notice: Taxonomic Research for Australia’s Environmental Future. PhD Scholarships . . . . . . 21
New date terminology. . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

ABRS report . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22

ABLO report. . . . . . . . . . . . . 23

Book reviews
Flora of Australia launching into mosses. . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Identifying Australian orchid genera . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Homage to Hebe, or perhaps a glorious last stand for independence. . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Australian seeds. . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
An Otway Flora. . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
Tangled trees . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31

Conference reports
Eighth International Mycological Congress, Cairns, 2006. . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Acacia 2006 conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 36

New books
Rainforest Trees and Shrubs: a field guide to their identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Plankton: A Critical Creation . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
François Péron – an impetuous life . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Weeds of the South-East - an identification guide for Australia . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Grasses of South Australia publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Two State Library of SA publications . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38

Exhibitions
Margaret Flockton Award report. . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
The Art of Botanical Illustration Exhibition 2006 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Theses
Systematic Studies in Homoranthus (Myrtaceae: Chamelaucieae): Species Limits, Phylogenetic Relationships and
Generic Boundaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

From TAXACOM
Flora Brasiliensis (1840-1906) on-line. . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Linnaean Plant Name Typification Project – seeking comments . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40

Miscellanea – 2
Paper and journal citations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41

Coming conferences
Cheeseman conference – New Zealand Plant Conservation Network conference. . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Southern Connections . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
3rd Global Botanic Gardens Congress . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Australian Systematic Botany Society, 2007, Darwin . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Linnaean tercentenary celebration, Sydney . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

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