NAME
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Jo PalmerCollections CoordinatorB. App. Sc. (1982) University of Canberra, ACT, Australia |
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CONTACT
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Phone (+61) 02 6246 5523 Fax: (+61) 02 6246 5249 E-mail: jo.palmercsiro.au Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research |
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PROJECT INTERESTS
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I am currently the Collections Coordinator at the Australian National Herbarium. I oversee the day to day running of the collection including the Loans & Exchange Program and the Volunteer Mounting Program and I am also involved in aspects of the curation, mounting and data entry of herbarium collections for such projects as Australia’s Virtual Herbarium, Water for a Healthy Country and the Atlas of Living Australia. My research interests are in the family Amaranthaceae, with the aim of the project being to complete a treatment of the family for the Flora of Australia. A revision of the genus Gomphrena has been published, as well as a Conspectus of Amaranthus. Work is underway in Alternanthera. |
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SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
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Palmer, J. 2009. A conspectus of the genus Amaranthus (Amaranthaceae) in Australia. Nuytsia 19: 107-128. Palmer, J. 2004. Collections Management Manual Palmer, J. 1998. A taxonomic revision of Gomphrena (Amaranthaceae) in Australia. Aust. Syst. Bot. 11(1): 73-151. |
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CURRENT PROJECTS
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Australian National Herbarium research collections, in particular:
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