ASBS Newsletter
Number 167, June 2016
Contents
- From the President
- ASBS 2016 Conference – 26–29 September, Alice Springs. . . . .1
- Australia a global centre of plant species discovery.. . . . .1
- Nominations for Council. . . . .1
- Annual conference
- Alice Springs in September. ASBS 2016 Annual Conference update!. . . . .2
- Eichler Research Fund reports
- Molecular phylogenetics of Elaeocarpus L. (Elaeocarpaceae) with a focus on New Guinea species. . . . .4
- Positions vacant
- New herbarium positions. . . . .8
- Notice of 2016 Annual General Meeting. . . . .8
- Articles
- Preserved liquid transfer at the Queensland Herbarium. . . . .9
- News
- New Botanic Gardens Director in South Australia. . . . .12
- Retirement. . . . .12
- Special State Herbarium symposium at South Australian science conference. . . . .12
- Top 10 species 2016. . . . .12
- Self-constructing plants. . . . .13
- Data archiving requirement for Australian Systematic Botany. . . . .13
- Award
- Orchid award. . . . .13
- Web sites of interest
- The Long Now Foundation. . . . .13
- GardenDrum. . . . .13
- The Conversation. . . . .14
- Point of view
- Sci-Hub – making academic papers behind paywalls freely available. . . . .14
- ABRS report. . . . .15
- Artists' corner
- Margaret Flockton Award. . . . .16
- Rare animal prints for SA Museum from BM. . . . .16
- Lesueur and Petit paintings from Baudin Expedition on display. . . . .16
- Coming meetings
- Economic botany today: plants and people – a master class. . . . .16
- Obituaries
- Lyndley (Lyn) Alan Craven 3 September 1945–11 July 2014. . . . .17
- Memories of Lyn Craven. . . . .31
- Lyn Craven (1945–2014) thanks for all the curries and the support. . . . .32
- Vale Lyn Craven. . . . .33
- Lyn Craven, good botanist and friend. . . . .34
- Corresponding with Lyn Craven. . . . .35
- Lyn Craven. . . . .36
- Death notices
- Ian Brooker (1934–2016). . . . .38
- Enid Robertson (1925–2016). . . . .38
- Book reviews
- The big book on the Bauers. . . . .39
- Letters of Allan Cunningham. . . . .48
- Notice. 2016 Membership Fees. . . . .50
- Standing on shoulders. . . . .51
- A pleasure in grass identification. . . . .57
- A love of Australian rainforest woods. . . . .58
- A practical guide to Perth's charismatic flora. . . . .59
- A lifetime spent exploring the Wild West. . . . .60
- Spot characters for identifying Malesian plants. . . . .62
- New books
- Flora of the Cook Islands. . . . .65
- Miscellanea
- The Morphology of Steve. . . . .66
- Chapter conveners. . . . .67
- Contacting major Australasian herbaria and systematics institutions. . . . .67
- ASBS publications. . . . .68
- About the Society and becoming a member. . . . .69
- About the Newsletter: contributions, advertisements and the Editors. . . . .69
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