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
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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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