ASBS Newsletter

Contents

• From the President
•      Adjournment of AGM. . . . .1
• Taxonomy Australia report. . . . .1
•      The Nancy Burbidge Medal
•      Introducing the 2018 Nancy Burbidge Medallist – Ilse Breitwieser. . . . .3
•      The Nancy Burbidge Memorial Lecture. Reflections on Trans-Tasman systematic botany connections. . . . .4
• Eichler Research Grant reports
•      Out of place: climatic anomalies in the conifer fossil record. . . . .15
•      Developing a vouchered DNA reference library for South Australian coastal plant communities. . . . .18
• Articles
•      The Nagoya Protocol on access and benefit-sharing: implications for herbaria and systematics research. . . . .21
•      Further to Nagoya. . . . .22
•           Brazilian regulations for biological materials. . . . .22
•           Maori Research Guidelines released. . . . .22
•           At the Brisbane ASBS conference. . . . .23
•      Genomics for Australian Plants (GAP). . . . .24
• News
•      Article on herbarium specimen destruction short-listed for Bragg Prize. . . . .26
•      Membership drive by the Society of Herbarium Curators (SHC). . . . .26
•      New newsletter from Parks Australia. . . . .26
•      Botanic Endeavour 250. . . . .26
•      A new taxonomic scheme. . . . .27
•      Te Papa restructured and reviewed. . . . .27
•      GLOVAP response to ASPT. . . . .27
•      Cathy Offord wins NSW Premier's Prize. . . . .27
•      Retirements. . . . .28
•      On the move. . . . .28
•      The NSW Herbarium on the move. . . . .28
•      New plans for RBG Edinburgh. . . . .28
•      SBS News features taxonomists. . . . .28
•      Baking bread with kangaroo grass (Themeda) seeds – back to beginnings. . . . .28
•      Trees of Papua New Guinea on the way. . . . .29
• Coming conferences
•      ASBS 2019 Wellington: Taxonomy for Plant Conservation – Ruia mai i Rangiatea. . . . .29
• Websites of interest
•      Conservation Bytes. . . . .32
•      Alliance of Leading Environmental Researchers & Thinkers – ALERT. . . . .32
•      Mushroom magic videos. . . . .32
• ABRS report. . . . .33
• Items of interest
•      Critical collections: preserving collections for future generations. . . . .34
•      DNA Barcoding of Australian plants using herbarium collections. . . . .35
•      Going to the source: a need to question database outputs?. . . . .35
•      Using DNA to identify old apple types. . . . .35
•      Fingerprinting to discern the origin of nuts. . . . .36
•      First fossil species of Syzygium from Snowy Mountains named for David Christophel. . . . .36
•      Development of a daisy flower. . . . .36
•      The insect apocalypse. . . . .36
•      New Caledonia biogeography. . . . .36
•      Diuris species pollinated by same insect species as Daviesia species it mimics. . . . .37
•      Overcoming barriers to siring success in the plant-pollinator world. . . . .37
•      Thiamine possibly leading to declines in wildlife and other emerging issues in global conservation. . . . .37
•      Sounding the resistance alarm. . . . .37
•      The mysteries of Sargassum. . . . .38
•      Night-flowering cacti. . . . .38
•      The changing face of museums. . . . .38
•      What is a disgusting food?. . . . .39
•      Which human uses are acceptable in parks?. . . . .39
•      Cities need to incorporate nature in their planning. . . . .39
•      Don't use modal verbs?. . . . .39
•      Reviewing a manuscript for a scientific journal. . . . .40
•      Rectangular icebergs! What next?. . . . .40
•      The-most-abundant-creature-you've-never-heard-of. . . . .40
•      Models show global warming causes greater extinction rate due to web of life. . . . .40
• Meeting and workshop reports
•      IUCN Proteaceae workshop. . . . .40
•      The State of the World's Fungi.. . . . .41
•      Victorian Goodeniaceae workshop. . . . .43
• Miscellanea
•      Using torch light to non-invasively examine hidden flower parts in herbarium specimens. . . . .44
•      Novel ways of encouraging weed removal. . . . .45
• Deaths
•      Elizabeth Edgar (1929–2019). . . . .46
•      Joy Thompson obituary: a postscript. . . . .47
•      Les Pedley (1930-2018). . . . .47
•      Margaret Stones (1920-2018). . . . .47
•      David Thomas Moore (1936–2018). . . . .48
• Book reviews
•      Aspects of Kimberley history. . . . .49
•      Insights into nature and science in the Kimberley. . . . .52
•      The mountain building continues: the Orchards' Allan Cunningham saga. . . . .55
•      Another biography of a major Australian plant collector:Augustus Oldfield. . . . .58
•      Family life and notable identities in early 19th Century Australia. . . . .61
•           Notice. Hansjörg Eichler Research Fund. . . . .63
• New books
•      Guides to bees. . . . .64
•      More books, reports and downloadables. . . . .65
•           Notice. 2019 Membership Fees. . . . .69
• Survey
•      An investigation into Academic Freedom in Australia. . . . .70
• Coming workshop
•      Plant Traits workshop. . . . .70
• Chapter conveners. . . . .71
• Contacting major Australasian herbaria and systematics institutions. . . . .71
• About the Society and becoming a member. . . . .72
• ASBS publications. . . . .72
• About the Newsletter: contributions, advertisements and the Editors. . . . .73

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