ASBS Newsletter

Number 115, June 2003

Contents

From the President............... 1

Articles
The collecting history of the eastern Australian species of Pultenaea Sm. (Leguminosae)............... 1
Camel snacks ............... 3
Gidgee ............... 4
A ‘certain short-coming’ ............... 4
Plant systematics: essential for biodiversity conservation............... 5
Generic concepts and modern taxonomy ............... 8

ASBS Inc. business
Hansjörg Eichler Scientific Research Fund Applications for 2003............... 11
Annual General Meeting date change............... 11
Financial assistance to student members............... 11

News
Orders of Australia for Judy West and John Beard............... 12
Professor Robert Hill awarded Clarke Medal ............... 12
More change at South Australia’s State Herbarium............... 12
Recent staff changes at MEL ............... 13
.... and at Alice Springs ...............13
.... and Brisbane............... 13
New version of FloraBase released............... 14

Obituary
Michael Hyde (28 th March 1957 – 3 rd June 2003) ............... 15

ABRS Report............... 16

ABLO Report ............... 17

Book reviews
Labillardière, French naturalist extraordinaire ............... 19
The Diaries of J.M. Black, commentaries on a British Australia ............... 22
Biology of Acacia: Advances in Legume Systematics Series Part 11 (Advertisement) ............... 24
The new version of Euclid ............... 25

Conference report
The Second National Fungimap Conference............... 26

Snapshot from our past
ANZAAS, the meeting place for Australasian plant taxonomists ............... 28

Determinavit slips ............... 28

FASTS Newsletter ............... 29

Prizes and Scholarships
The Augustin-Pyramus de Candolle Prize for a monographic revision in plant systematics ............... 30
Fulbright Scholarships for study, research and collaboration in the United States ............... 30

ASBS Publications............... 31

ASBS Chapter Conveners ............... 32

Contacting Major Australian Herbaria and Systematics Institutions............... 32

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