ASBS Newsletter
Number 177, December 2018
Contents
- From the President
- Adjournment of AGM. . . . .1
- Taxonomy Australia report. . . . .1
- The Nancy Burbidge Medal
- Introducing the 2018 Nancy Burbidge Medallist – Ilse Breitwieser. . . . .3
- The Nancy Burbidge Memorial Lecture. Reflections on Trans-Tasman systematic botany connections. . . . .4
- Eichler Research Grant reports
- Out of place: climatic anomalies in the conifer fossil record. . . . .15
- Developing a vouchered DNA reference library for South Australian coastal plant communities. . . . .18
- Articles
- The Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing: implications for herbaria and systematics research. . . . .21
- Further to Nagoya. . . . .22
- Brazilian regulations for biological materials. . . . .22
- Maori Research Guidelines released. . . . .22
- At the Brisbane ASBS conference. . . . .23
- Genomics for Australian Plants (GAP). . . . .24
- News
- Article on herbarium specimen destruction short-listed for Bragg Prize. . . . .26
- Membership drive by the Society of Herbarium Curators (SHC). . . . .26
- New newsletter from Parks Australia. . . . .26
- Botanic Endeavour 250. . . . .26
- A new taxonomic scheme. . . . .27
- Te Papa restructured and reviewed. . . . .27
- GLOVAP response to ASPT. . . . .27
- Cathy Offord wins NSW Premier's Prize. . . . .27
- Retirements. . . . .28
- On the move. . . . .28
- The NSW Herbarium on the move. . . . .28
- New plans for RBG Edinburgh. . . . .28
- SBS News features taxonomists. . . . .28
- Baking bread with kangaroo grass (Themeda) seeds – back to beginnings. . . . .28
- Trees of Papua New Guinea on the way. . . . .29
- Coming conferences
- ASBS 2019 Wellington: Taxonomy for Plant Conservation – Ruia mai i Rangiatea. . . . .29
- Websites of interest
- Conservation Bytes. . . . .32
- Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers & Thinkers – ALERT. . . . .32
- Mushroom magic videos. . . . .32
- ABRS report. . . . .33
- Items of interest
- Critical collections: preserving collections for future generations. . . . .34
- DNA Barcoding of Australian plants using herbarium collections. . . . .35
- Going to the source: a need to question database outputs?. . . . .35
- Using DNA to identify old apple types. . . . .35
- Fingerprinting to discern the origin of nuts. . . . .36
- First fossil species of Syzygium from Snowy Mountains named for David Christophel. . . . .36
- Development of a daisy flower. . . . .36
- The insect apocalypse. . . . .36
- New Caledonia biogeography. . . . .36
- Diuris species pollinated by same insect species as Daviesia species it mimics. . . . .37
- Overcoming barriers to siring success in the plant-pollinator world. . . . .37
- Thiamine possibly leading to declines in wildlife and other emerging issues in global conservation. . . . .37
- Sounding the resistance alarm. . . . .37
- The mysteries of Sargassum. . . . .38
- Night-flowering cacti. . . . .38
- The changing face of museums. . . . .38
- What is a disgusting food?. . . . .39
- Which human uses are acceptable in parks?. . . . .39
- Cities need to incorporate nature in their planning. . . . .39
- Don't use modal verbs?. . . . .39
- Reviewing a manuscript for a scientific journal. . . . .40
- Rectangular icebergs! What next?. . . . .40
- The-most-abundant-creature-you've-never-heard-of. . . . .40
- Models show global warming causes greater extinction rate due to web of life. . . . .40
- Meeting and workshop reports
- IUCN Proteaceae workshop. . . . .40
- The State of the World's Fungi.. . . . .41
- Victorian Goodeniaceae workshop. . . . .43
- Miscellanea
- Using torch light to non-invasively examine hidden flower parts in herbarium specimens. . . . .44
- Novel ways of encouraging weed removal. . . . .45
- Deaths
- Elizabeth Edgar (1929–2019). . . . .46
- Joy Thompson obituary: a postscript. . . . .47
- Les Pedley (1930-2018). . . . .47
- Margaret Stones (1920-2018). . . . .47
- David Thomas Moore (1936–2018). . . . .48
- Book reviews
- Aspects of Kimberley history. . . . .49
- Insights into nature and science in the Kimberley. . . . .52
- The mountain building continues: the Orchards' Allan Cunningham saga. . . . .55
- Another biography of a major Australian plant collector:Augustus Oldfield. . . . .58
- Family life and notable identities in early 19th Century Australia. . . . .61
- Notice. Hansjörg Eichler Research Fund. . . . .63
- New books
- Guides to bees. . . . .64
- More books, reports and downloadables. . . . .65
- Notice. 2019 Membership Fees. . . . .69
- Survey
- An investigation into Academic Freedom in Australia. . . . .70
- Coming workshop
- Plant Traits workshop. . . . .70
- Chapter conveners. . . . .71
- Contacting major Australasian herbaria and systematics institutions. . . . .71
- About the Society and becoming a member. . . . .72
- ASBS publications. . . . .72
- About the Newsletter: contributions, advertisements and the Editors. . . . .73
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