ASBS Newsletter

Contents

• From the President
•      Dr Daniel Solander . . . . .1
•      Vale John La Salle . . . . .1
•      ASBS conference 2018 – 'Mind the Gap' . . . . .1
•      ASBS conference 2019 . . . . .1
•         Notice. Nominations for membership of the 2018–19 Council. . . . .1
•      Research Grants . . . . .2
•      Australian Systematic Botany improves impact factor . . . . .2
•      Membership . . . . .2
•      Council elections . . . . .2
•         Notice of 2018 Annual General Meeting. . . . .2
• Milestone in biosystematics
•      Publication and launch of the Decadal Plan for taxonomy and biosystematics in Australia and New Zealand 2018–2027. . . . .3
•      Notice. Hansjörg Eichler Scientific Research Fund. . . . .3
•      Our Decadal Plan – where to from here? . . . . .4
•      Speeches at the Decadal Plan launch, Canberra on Friday 27th April 2018 . . . . .5
•         Representing the Australian Academy of Science . . . . .5
•         An Australian Government perspective . . . . .8
•         On behalf of the Royal Society of New Zealand Te Aparangi and New Zealand systematists . . . . .10
•         A perspective from the taxonomy and biosystematics sector . . . . .11
• Eichler research grant reports
•      Hybridisation between species of Xanthorrhoea in Yuraygir National Park revealed using a newly developed next-generation      sequencing method . . . . .13
• Articles
•      William Baxter (fl. 1792–1832), botanical collector . . . . .17
• Coming conference
•      Brisbane ASBS conference update . . . . .32
• ABRS report . . . . .34
• News
•      Greg Keighery retires . . . . .35
•      Congratulations Jessie Prebble . . . . .35
•      Queen's Birthday 2018 Honours List . . . . .35
•      International Mycological Society meeting in Puerto Rico, July 16-21, 2018 . . . . .35
•         Notice. Marlies Eichler Postdoctoral Fellowship. . . . .35
•      Full text search in Biodiversity Heritage Library . . . . .36
•      GLOVAP controversy . . . . .36
•      Bryophyte workshops . . . . .36
•      New rules for loan of types from the Paris Herbarium . . . . .36
•      National Herbarium of NSW on the move . . . . .36
•      New funding for Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria . . . . .37
•      Tasmanian Botanical Gardens 200 years old . . . . .37
•      Kew Temperate House re-opened on 5th May . . . . .37
•      New app for NZ native trees . . . . .37
• Exhibitions
•      Beckler's Botanical Bounty. The flora of Menindee – an Art Gallery of Ballarat exhibition . . . . .37
• Herbaria in a global world
•      The "En Tibi" Herbarium . . . . .38
•      Herbarium specimens in climate change studies . . . . .39
•      Herbaria as hubs for global change research . . . . .39
•      Yet another plea for vouchers . . . . .39
•      Collections: past and future . . . . .39
• Deaths
•      Vale Bruce Sampson (1937–2018) . . . . .40
•      Vale John La Salle (1951–2018) . . . . .40
• Items of interest
•      The disappearance of flying insects . . . . .40
•      Life cycles disrupted by climate change . . . . .41
•      Modelling and data analysis preferred over field work . . . . .41
•      How to design an award-winning conference poster . . . . .41
•      ... and combine it with an eye-catching abstract . . . . .41
• New books . . . . .41
• Identification slips. . . . .42
• Chapter conveners . . . . .43
• Contacting major Australasian herbaria and systematics institutions . . . . .43
• About the Society and becoming a member . . . . .44
• ASBS publications . . . . .44

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