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ASBS Newsletter

Number 174, March 2018

Contents

  • From the President
  •      Council. . . . .1
  •      Decadal Plan. . . . .1
  •      Conferences. . . . .1
  • Current affairs in systematics
  •      Decadal Plan for Taxonomy and Biosystematics in Australia and New Zealand 2018–2027
  •      ready for release. . . . .2
  • Combined Research Fund report
  •      Molecular phylogenetics of Pimelea Banks & Sol. ex Gaertn. (Thymelaeaceae). . . . .4
  • Articles
  •      An inconvenient truth? Notes on Australian plants in Persoon’s Synopsis plantarum 1805–1807     7
  •      The phycological collections of the National Herbarium of Victoria . . . . .10
  •      How many spicate species of Acaena are there in Australia?. . . . .12
  •      Misleading labels: the case of Richard Helms and the Elder Exploring Expedition. . . . .14
  •           Postscript to Lucas and Holme, “Misleading labels...”. . . . .18
  • ABRS report. . . . .20
  • News. . . . .20
  •      ASB papers to be available sooner. . . . .20
  •      Reviewing plant taxonomy manuscripts. . . . .20
  •      “Our horror bureaucratic bungle”. . . . .21
  •      Publicity for the ABRS report on systematics. . . . .21
  •      More recognition for Patrick Brownsey . . . . .21
  •      Award for Joseph Banks’s Florilegium. . . . .21
  •      Another benchmark for academics to reach. . . . .21
  •      Phytophthora and kauri in New Zealand. . . . .22
  •      And it’s raining awards for John Clarkson. . . . .22
  •      The Chief Scientist on Australia’s first citizen scientist. . . . .22
  •      The 8 million species we don’t know. . . . .23
  •      Response to Garnett " Christidis’s taxonomy undermining conservation . . . . .23
  •      No need to save endangered species!. . . . .23
  •      Thismia in western Sarawak. . . . .23
  •      A new global flora. . . . .23
  •      Twelve Postdocs available at Kew. . . . .24
  • Items of interest
  •      Did the bombing of the Berlin Herbarium cause angst for PNG botanical collectors?. . . . .24
  •      Herbarium in jeopardy. . . . .24
  •      Missing information in insect taxonomy papers. . . . .24
  •      Algae in the very first book of photographic images. . . . .25
  •      Snotty gobble as a weed controller?. . . . .25
  •      “Burning the library of life”. . . . .25
  •      ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED). . . . .25
  •      New Zealand Birds Online . . . . .26
  •      Palaeo-bits. . . . .26
  •           Butterflies and moths older than previously thought. . . . .26
  •           Six of the best. . . . .26
  •           Fossil leaves providing information on extinct plant relationships. . . . .26
  •           Migrating megafauna . . . . .26
  •           Trump decision mobilises palaeontologists. . . . .26
  •      Whimsy – from JSTOR. . . . .27
  •      Snowflake Man. . . . .27
  •      Macaroni and Banks & Solander. . . . .27
  •      Beatrix Potter. . . . .27
  •      The Broccoli Tree: a parable . . . . .27
  • Web sites of interest
  •      Science alert. . . . .28
  •      Looking to the future of Science. . . . . .28
  •           BBC Future Now. . . . .28
  •           Anthropocene – Innovation in the Human Age. . . . .28
  •      Plant Gateway Ltd. . . . .28
  •      Comedy wildlife photography competition. . . . .29
  •      Defending plants. . . . .29
  •      Notice. Marlies Eichler Postdoctoral Fellowship. . . . .29
  • Miscellanea
  •      Orchid snippets for those who don’t study them. . . . .30
  •      Peer review. . . . .30
  •      The importance of being second. . . . .31
  • Coming conference
  •      Mind the Gap– 2018 Brisbane ASBS conference update. . . . .31
  • Obituary
  •      Doris Martha Sinkora (1927–2017)– herbarium curator, phycologist, historian of botany. . . . .33
  • Erratum
  •      Botanical slip – promoting chaos rather than order!. . . . .36
  • Deaths
  •      David Christophel (1947-2018). . . . .37
  •      Dr David T. Blackburn. . . . .37
  •      Bill Sykes. . . . .39
  • Books and other publications
  •      Books . . . . .40
  •      Journals. . . . .41
  •      On books mentioned in the last Newsletter. . . . .42
  •      Downloadables. . . . .42
  • Chapter conveners. . . . .43
  • Contacting major Australasian herbaria and systematics institutions. . . . .43
  • About the Society and becoming a member. . . . .44
  • ASBS publications. . . . .44
  • About the Newsletter: contributions, advertisements and the Editors. . . . .45

 

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