ASBS Newsletter
Number 168-169, September–December 2016
Contents
- From the President
- ASBS 2016 conference, Alice Springs. . . . .1
- Conference Awards. . . . .1
- Nancy T. Burbidge Medal. . . . .1
- Decadal Plan. . . . .1
- eFlora of Australia. . . . .2
- Holiday season greetings. . . . .2
- ASBS Inc. business
- 38th Annual General Meeting of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society Inc. – Minutes. . . . .2
- Attachment 1: President's report. . . . .4
- Attachment 2: Treasurer's report. . . . .6
- Attachment 3: ASBS Website Report: 1 July 2015–30 June 2016. . . . .14
- Attachment 4: Newsletter report. . . . .14
- Attachment 5: Facebook group report. . . . .15
- Attachment 6: Research grants report. . . . .16
- Attachment 7: Grants Policy Standing Committee report. . . . .17
- The Nancy Burbidge Medal
- Dr Anthony E. Orchard, Burbidge Medallist 2016. . . . .20
- Burbidge Medal talk: Allan Cunningham: botanist, explorer, ecologist, geographer (and zoologist,
- geologist, plant geographer, anthropologist, agricultural consultant, linguist, and social commentator). . . . .21
- The annual ASBS conference
- Systematic botany – a view from the Centre: ASBS Conference Report. . . . .31
- Field trip report – ASBS 2016 meeting Alice Springs. . . . .35
- News
- News from the West. . . . .38
- News from the Allan Herbarium, Lincoln, New Zealand. . . . .39
- The passing of two leading New Zealand botanists. . . . .43
- Science careers poorly promoted. . . . .43
- In addition to botanising .... . . . .43
- Robert Gunn Tasmanian plant catalogue located. . . . .43
- Art Gallery of WA colonial art exhibition. . . . .43
- Cuts to Trove in Federal budget. . . . .43
- VicFlora launched. . . . .43
- Web sites of interest
- A rich source of vouchered pictures of world plant families. . . . .44
- Australasian botanic gardens. . . . .45
- Botanic Gardens, Australia & New Zealand (BGANZ). . . . .45
- Australian Association of Friends of Botanic Gardens. . . . .45
- ABRS report. . . . .46
- Promoting systematics
- noto|biotica, a new blog for Australasian biosystematics. . . . .47
- Atlas of Living Australia report
- Collections community coordinator update (aka: ALA CCC FYIs). . . . .48
- Miscellanea
- Reminiscences of Bob Thorne (1920–2015) and a visit to Lord Howe Island in 1981. . . . .50
- Grants
- Citizen science project grants. . . . .51
- Obituaries
- Henry E. Connor CNZM, MSc (Hons), DSc, FRSNZ 4 August 1922 – 26 July 2016. . . . .52
- Editorial notes. . . . .53
- Henry Connor: ASBS Burbidge Lecturer. . . . .53
- A personal tribute by Peter de Lange. . . . .53
- Notice. 2017 Membership Fees. . . . .53
- Dr M.I.H. (Ian) Brooker AM 2nd June 1934 – 25th June 2016. . . . .54
- Ian Brooker – eucalypt icon. . . . .63
- Ian Brooker: types, new taxa and combinations, collections. . . . .65
- Book reviews
- From little things big things grow. . . . .67
- New books
- Detecting and responding to alien plant incursions. . . . .69
- Weeds of the South-east – an identification guide for Australia. . . . .70
- ASBS 2017 conference
- Integrating Systematics for Conservation and Ecology a September meeting for ASBS in Adelaide. . . . .70
- Chapter conveners. . . . .71
- Contacting major Australasian herbaria and systematics institutions. . . . .71
- ASBS publications. . . . .72
- About the Society and becoming a member. . . . .73
- About the Newsletter: contributions, advertisements and the Editors. . . . .73
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