ASBS Newsletter

Contents

• From the President. . . . . 1
• ASBS Council business
•      Communication review. . . . . 2
•      Future of the Newsletter. . . . . 3
•           Notice. 2020 Membership Fees are now due !. . . . . 3
• The Nancy Burbidge Medal & Lecture. . . . . 4
•      Introduction to award ceremony for Burbidge Medallist Dr Barry Conn and his Lecture. . . . . 4
•      The Nancy T. Burbidge Memorial LectureParadise Lost, or not yet discovered. . . . . 5
•           Notice. 6th National Postgraduate Training Workshop in Systematics. . . . . 6
• ASBS Annual General Meeting
•      Australasian Systematic Botany Society Inc. 41st Annual General Meeting
•           Te Papa Tongarewa, Rangimarie I, Wellington, New Zealand. Minutes. . . . . 10
•      President's report. . . . . 12
•      Treasurer's report. . . . . 15
•           Appendix 1. Auditor's Report. . . . . 20
•      Financial report. . . . . 21
•      Newsletter report. . . . . 25
•      Webmaster's report. . . . . 25
•      Facebook group report. . . . . 26
•      Research grants program report. . . . . 26
• Marlies Eichler Fellowship report
•      Progress report on the project "Phylogenomics and taxonomy of the donkey orchids (Diuris, Orchidaceae)". . . . . 27
• Hansjörg Eichler Research Grant reports
•      Species delimitation in Banksia (Proteaceae). . . . . 29
•      The phylogeny and phylogeography of Acacia myrtifolia (Sm.) Willd. in southern Australia. . . . . 33
• Taxonomy Australia report. . . . . 36
•      Taxonomy Education Working Group initial survey. . . . . 37
• Articles
•      On orthography. . . . . 39
•      A correction to the typification of Wollastonia uniflora (Willd.) Orchard (Asteraceae – Ecliptinae). . . . . 42
• ASBS Wellington conference
•      ASBS-NZPCN 2019 Joint Conference report: Taxonomy for plant conservation – Ruia mai i Rangiatea. . . . . 43
•      Conference workshop reports. . . . . 48
•      Wikipedia Edit-a-thon on Australasian endangered plant species (Workshop 1). . . . . 48
•      Botanising with iNaturalist (Workshops 2, 3): report and considerations, particularly on dealing with competing taxonomies. . . . . 49
•      Identifying New Zealand ferns (Workshop 4). . . . . 52
•      Basics of botanical illustration (Workshop 6). . . . . 54
•      How to communicate our science in a clear and engaging way.
•           Science communication skills for botanists (Workshop 7). . . . . 56
•      Conference field trip reports. . . . . 57
•      Wild Wainuiomata and rugged Remutaka forests (Field trip 1). . . . . 57
•      Spectacular coastal Parangarahu Lakes and lowland forest of Eastbourne (Field trip 2). . . . . 58
•      Experiencing the emerald in our harbour — Matiu / Somes Island (Field trip 4). . . . . 59
•      Inside and out: discovering the collections at Otari-Wilton's Bush and Te Papa (Field trip 5). . . . . 60
•      Launch of Colin Webb's Seeds of New Zealand monocotyledons. . . . . 63
•      New Zealand's Possum Tax. . . . . 65
• News
•      Bushfires. . . . . 66
•      Awards. . . . . 67
•      Botanical appreciations. . . . . 67
•      Other news. . . . . 68
• Websites of interest. . . . . 68
• Points of view. . . . . 69
• ABRS report. . . . . 70
• Coming conferences
•      'Biodiverse futures – Systematics in a changing world' ASBS Conference 2020 in Cairns. . . . . 71
•      Australasian Seed Science Conference 2020. . . . . 71
• Workshop report
•      Plant Traits Workshop. . . . . 72
• Obituaries
•      In memoriam – Basil and Mary Smith of Manmanning, Western Australia, deceased September 2012. . . . . 73
•      Postscript. . . . . 74
•      Vicki Funk November 26, 1947 – October 22, 2019. . . . . 75
• Book review
•      Looking to the sky: documenting the tree diversity of Papua New Guinea. . . . . 76
• New books. . . . . 78
•      Downloadables. . . . . 81
• Items of interest
•      Historical papers dealing with botanical collections. . . . . 85
•      Climate emergency. . . . . 86
•      Long term insect studies.. . . . . 86
• Chapter conveners. . . . . 87
• Contacting major Australasian herbaria and systematics institutions. . . . . 87
• About the Society and becoming a member. . . . . 88
• ASBS publications. . . . . 88
• About the Newsletter: contributions, advertisements and the Editors. . . . . 89

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