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ASBS Newsletter

Number 175, June 2018

Contents

  • From the President
  •      Dr Daniel Solander . . . . .1
  •      Vale John La Salle . . . . .1
  •      ASBS conference 2018 – 'Mind the Gap' . . . . .1
  •      ASBS conference 2019 . . . . .1
  •         Notice. Nominations for membership of the 2018–19 Council. . . . .1
  •      Research Grants . . . . .2
  •      Australian Systematic Botany improves impact factor . . . . .2
  •      Membership . . . . .2
  •      Council elections . . . . .2
  •         Notice of 2018 Annual General Meeting. . . . .2
  • Milestone in biosystematics
  •      Publication and launch of the Decadal Plan for taxonomy and biosystematics in Australia and New Zealand 2018–2027. . . . .3
  •      Notice. Hansjörg Eichler Scientific Research Fund. . . . .3
  •      Our Decadal Plan – where to from here? . . . . .4
  •      Speeches at the Decadal Plan launch, Canberra on Friday 27th April 2018 . . . . .5
  •         Representing the Australian Academy of Science . . . . .5
  •         An Australian Government perspective . . . . .8
  •         On behalf of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Aparangi and New Zealand systematists . . . . .10
  •         A perspective from the taxonomy and biosystematics sector . . . . .11
  • Eichler research grant reports
  •      Hybridisation between species of Xanthorrhoea in Yuraygir National Park revealed using a newly developed next-generation      sequencing method . . . . .13
  • Articles
  •      William Baxter (fl. 1792–1832), botanical collector . . . . .17
  • Coming conference
  •      Brisbane ASBS conference update . . . . .32
  • ABRS report . . . . .34
  • News
  •      Greg Keighery retires . . . . .35
  •      Congratulations Jessie Prebble . . . . .35
  •      Queen's Birthday 2018 Honours List . . . . .35
  •      International Mycological Society meeting in Puerto Rico, July 16-21, 2018 . . . . .35
  •         Notice. Marlies Eichler Postdoctoral Fellowship. . . . .35
  •      Full text search in Biodiversity Heritage Library . . . . .36
  •      GLOVAP controversy . . . . .36
  •      Bryophyte workshops . . . . .36
  •      New rules for loan of types from the Paris Herbarium . . . . .36
  •      National Herbarium of NSW on the move . . . . .36
  •      New funding for Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria . . . . .37
  •      Tasmanian Botanical Gardens 200 years old . . . . .37
  •      Kew Temperate House re-opened on 5th May . . . . .37
  •      New app for NZ native trees . . . . .37
  • Exhibitions
  •      Beckler's Botanical Bounty. The flora of Menindee – an Art Gallery of Ballarat exhibition . . . . .37
  • Herbaria in a global world
  •      The "En Tibi" Herbarium . . . . .38
  •      Herbarium specimens in climate change studies . . . . .39
  •      Herbaria as hubs for global change research . . . . .39
  •      Yet another plea for vouchers . . . . .39
  •      Collections: past and future . . . . .39
  • Deaths
  •      Vale Bruce Sampson (1937–2018) . . . . .40
  •      Vale John La Salle (1951–2018) . . . . .40
  • Items of interest
  •      The disappearance of flying insects . . . . .40
  •      Life cycles disrupted by climate change . . . . .41
  •      Modelling and data analysis preferred over field work . . . . .41
  •      How to design an award-winning conference poster . . . . .41
  •      ... and combine it with an eye-catching abstract . . . . .41
  • New books . . . . .41
  • Identification slips. . . . .42
  • Chapter conveners . . . . .43
  • Contacting major Australasian herbaria and systematics institutions . . . . .43
  • About the Society and becoming a member . . . . .44
  • ASBS publications . . . . .44

 

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