ASBS Newsletter
Number 174, March 2018
Contents
- From the President
- Council. . . . .1
- Decadal Plan. . . . .1
- Conferences. . . . .1
- Current affairs in systematics
- Decadal Plan for Taxonomy and Biosystematics in Australia and New Zealand 2018–2027
- ready for release. . . . .2
- Combined Research Fund report
- Molecular phylogenetics of Pimelea Banks & Sol. ex Gaertn. (Thymelaeaceae). . . . .4
- Articles
- An inconvenient truth? Notes on Australian plants in Persoon’s Synopsis plantarum 1805–1807 7
- The phycological collections of the National Herbarium of Victoria . . . . .10
- How many spicate species of Acaena are there in Australia?. . . . .12
- Misleading labels: the case of Richard Helms and the Elder Exploring Expedition. . . . .14
- Postscript to Lucas and Holme, “Misleading labels...”. . . . .18
- ABRS report. . . . .20
- News. . . . .20
- ASB papers to be available sooner. . . . .20
- Reviewing plant taxonomy manuscripts. . . . .20
- “Our horror bureaucratic bungle”. . . . .21
- Publicity for the ABRS report on systematics. . . . .21
- More recognition for Patrick Brownsey . . . . .21
- Award for Joseph Banks’s Florilegium. . . . .21
- Another benchmark for academics to reach. . . . .21
- Phytophthora and kauri in New Zealand. . . . .22
- And it’s raining awards for John Clarkson. . . . .22
- The Chief Scientist on Australia’s first citizen scientist. . . . .22
- The 8 million species we don’t know. . . . .23
- Response to Garnett " Christidis’s taxonomy undermining conservation . . . . .23
- No need to save endangered species!. . . . .23
- Thismia in western Sarawak. . . . .23
- A new global flora. . . . .23
- Twelve Postdocs available at Kew. . . . .24
- Items of interest
- Did the bombing of the Berlin Herbarium cause angst for PNG botanical collectors?. . . . .24
- Herbarium in jeopardy. . . . .24
- Missing information in insect taxonomy papers. . . . .24
- Algae in the very first book of photographic images. . . . .25
- Snotty gobble as a weed controller?. . . . .25
- “Burning the library of life”. . . . .25
- ARC Centre of Excellence for Environmental Decisions (CEED). . . . .25
- New Zealand Birds Online . . . . .26
- Palaeo-bits. . . . .26
- Butterflies and moths older than previously thought. . . . .26
- Six of the best. . . . .26
- Fossil leaves providing information on extinct plant relationships. . . . .26
- Migrating megafauna . . . . .26
- Trump decision mobilises palaeontologists. . . . .26
- Whimsy – from JSTOR. . . . .27
- Snowflake Man. . . . .27
- Macaroni and Banks & Solander. . . . .27
- Beatrix Potter. . . . .27
- The Broccoli Tree: a parable . . . . .27
- Web sites of interest
- Science alert. . . . .28
- Looking to the future of Science. . . . . .28
- BBC Future Now. . . . .28
- Anthropocene – Innovation in the Human Age. . . . .28
- Plant Gateway Ltd. . . . .28
- Comedy wildlife photography competition. . . . .29
- Defending plants. . . . .29
- Notice. Marlies Eichler Postdoctoral Fellowship. . . . .29
- Miscellanea
- Orchid snippets for those who don’t study them. . . . .30
- Peer review. . . . .30
- The importance of being second. . . . .31
- Coming conference
- Mind the Gap– 2018 Brisbane ASBS conference update. . . . .31
- Obituary
- Doris Martha Sinkora (1927–2017)– herbarium curator, phycologist, historian of botany. . . . .33
- Erratum
- Botanical slip – promoting chaos rather than order!. . . . .36
- Deaths
- David Christophel (1947-2018). . . . .37
- Dr David T. Blackburn. . . . .37
- Bill Sykes. . . . .39
- Books and other publications
- Books . . . . .40
- Journals. . . . .41
- On books mentioned in the last Newsletter. . . . .42
- Downloadables. . . . .42
- Chapter conveners. . . . .43
- Contacting major Australasian herbaria and systematics institutions. . . . .43
- About the Society and becoming a member. . . . .44
- ASBS publications. . . . .44
- About the Newsletter: contributions, advertisements and the Editors. . . . .45
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