ASBS Newsletter

Number 85, December 1995

Contents

Editorial .................... 1

Articles
Nomenclature of the Boab .................... 1

Reports
Australian Biological Resources Study .................... 2
Australian Botanical Liaison Officer .................... 6
International Working Group on Taxonomic Database .................... 9
Herbarium Database - Information Technology meeting .................... 12
FASTS .................... 13
Australian Flora Malesiana Contributors Working Group .................... 13

Reviews
Bushfires and Bushtucker .................... 15
The Culture of Flowers .................... 15

Notices
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, 1996 Conference .................... 16
Email addresses .................... 19
Species 2000 .................... 20
CSIRO Journal subscriptions .................... 20
News from RBG, Melbourne .................... 21
Conference announcements .................... 21

Personal news
Obituary - James H. Willis .................... 22
Jim Willis Fellowship .................... 22

ASBS Inc. Business
Annual general meeting minutes .................... 24
Tresurers Report .................... 26
Auditors Report .................... 28

A.S.B.S. Publications .................... 30

A.S.B.S. Chapter Conveners and Herbaria Phone Numbers .................... 32