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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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