ASBS Newsletter

Contents

• ASBS Inc. business
•      In this issue. . . . .1
•           The new ASBS Council. . . . .1
•           New Year actions for members. . . . .1
•           Notice: 2018 Membership Fees. . . . .1
•      Australasian Systematic Botany Society Inc.: Minutes of Annual General Meeting 2017. . . . . 2
•           Appendix 1. ASBS President’s report. . . . .4
•           Appendix 2. ASBS Treasurer’s report, 2016/17. . . . .6
•                Financial report. . . . .11
•             Notice: Hansjörg Eichler Research Grants. . . . .15
•           Appendix 3. ASBS Newsletter report. . . . .16
•           Appendix 4. ASBS Web Pages report. . . . .16
•           Appendix 5. ASBS Facebook Group report. . . . .17
•           Appendix 6. ASBS Research Committee report. . . . .17
• Conference reports
•      Systematics 2017: Integrating Systematics for Conservation and Ecology —
•          ASBS/SASB Conference, University of Adelaide, November 26–29 2017. . . . .19
• Eichler Research Fund reports
•      Molecular systematics of the New Caledonian Cryptocaryeae (Lauraceae). . . . .23
•      Morphology of syntypes of the Australian resurrection grass,
•         Tripogon loliiformis (Poaceae: Chloridoideae). . . . .25
• Points of view
•      Virtual attendance at Nomenclatural session of IBC?. . . . .28
•      100 articles every ecologist should read. . . . .28
•      Washington Post debate. . . . .29
•      A world without glyphosate. . . . .29
• ABRS report. . . . .30
•           Notice: Decadal Plan for Taxonomy and Biosystematics:
•              Call for comment on Exposure Draft by January 31^st. . . . .30
• Obituary
•      Joan Margaret Taylor, 1929–2017. . . . .31
• Deaths
•      Jan-Frits (JeF) Veldkamp (1941–2017). . . . .33
•      W.R. (Bill) Sykes (1927–2018). . . . .34
• News
•      Happy birthday to Paul Wilson. . . . .34
•      Salt and vinegar Triodia. . . . .34
•      A botanical trifecta and more. . . . .34
•      Australian species causing havoc in a global biodiversity hotspot. . . . .35
•      Across the Ditch — from the Allan Herbarium Facebook page. . . . .36
•           Found in the wild for the first time. . . . .36
•           A key for Cotoneaster. . . . .36
•           Wanaka snot the same as Seattle slime?. . . . .36
•      QuestaGame, a conservation application helping to discover new species. . . . .36
•      Vascular plants of the Americas. . . . .37
•      A portable DNA barcoding lab for rapid identification launched. . . . .37
• Web pages of interest
•      Botany One: news and views on plant biology and ecology. . . . .37
•      Communicating science. . . . .38
• Items of interest
•      World scientists’ warning to humanity: a second notice. . . . .38
•      Citing Chinese and Iranian authors. . . . .39
•      Further on multiple authors. . . . .39
•      And more on the cost of access to academic journals. . . . .39
• Book reviews
•      Awakening interest in Tasmania’s rich algal flora. . . . .40
•      Further insights into the life and art of Ferdinand Bauer. . . . .42
• New publications
•      Books. . . . .44
•      Downloadables. . . . .45
•      Conference proceedings. . . . .46
• Identification slips
•      Roman technology ahead of its time?. . . . .46
• Chapter conveners. . . . .47
• Contacting major Australasian herbaria and systematics institutions. . . . .47
• About the Society and becoming a member. . . . .48
• ASBS publications. . . . .48
• About the Newsletter: contributions, advertisements and the Editors. . . . .49

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