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Declining rainforests and arid emergence: Ancient Kurrajongs (Brachychiton) of South Australia’s Late Miocene-Pliocene ( ̴7 – 2.3 Mya).

Tara A. Evans (University of Adelaide); Robert S. Hill (University of Adelaide). Brachychiton is composed of 36 species, of which 34 are endemic to Australia. The genus is uniquely diverse, regarding distribution and morphology. Within the literature on the Australian fossil plant record, there are many unsubstantiated reports informally attributing various fossilised leaf specimens to Brachychiton. However, a distinct lack […]

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Now we are 50: A comparison of the botanical activities of Australia from 1973 and now.

Peter Jobson (National Herbarium of NSW, Botanic Gardens of Sydney). In 1973, over 85,000 specimens were made in Australia covering all aspects of the Australian flora from algae to angiosperms; of these, over 300 specimens became types. Using data from AVH, an examination of the collecting activities of botanists is examined: where did people go; what

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Can we use DArT sequencing to identify our herbarium collections?

Hannah McPherson (Botanic Gardens of Sydney); Guy Lowe (Botanic Gardens of Sydney); Lisa Woods (Botanic Gardens of Sydney); Melissa Wong (Botanic Gardens of Sydney); Claire Brandenburger (Botanic Gardens of Sydney); Andre Badiou (Botanic Gardens of Sydney); Patrick Fahey (Botanic Gardens of Sydney); Maurizio Rossetto (Botanic Gardens of Sydney); Trevor Wilson (Botanic Gardens of Sydney). The opportunities to extract better value out of herbarium collections

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A historical trend in the South Pacific Regional Herbarium (SUVA), Fiji, realised.

Marika Tuiwawa (The South Pacific Regional Herbarium, the Institute of Applied Sciences, the University of the South Pacific); Yumiko Baba (Auckland Museum Tāmaki Paenga Hira). Examining an adequate reference set representing the regional flora at herbaria is fundamental to any collection-based biodiversity studies. This is because new species discovery, biodiversity inventory and conservation planning are reliant on

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Backlogs and botanical survey: streamlining data delivery in an under-collected region for taxonomy and systematics.

Shelley A. James (Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions, Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Western Australian Herbarium); Elycia Wallis (Atlas of Living Australia, CSIRO, Australia). Western Australia (WA), being almost the quarter the size of Europe or the United States and often inaccessible, has a high collecting cost for botanical and faunal vouchers. According to specimen data

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AusTraits: Australia’s plant trait database.

Hervé Sauquet (Botanic Gardens of Sydney and University of New South Wales); Elizabeth Wenk (University of New South Wales); Rachael Gallagher (Western Sydney University); David Coleman (Western Sydney University); Lily Dun (Western Sydney University); Fonti Kar (University of New South Wales); Sophie Yang (University of New South Wales); Daniel Falster (University of New South Wales). AusTraits

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Revealing the extent of phylogenomic discordance in the Eucalyptus rapid radiation using BUSCO genes.

Anne-Cecile Colin (Western Sydney University); Rose Andrew (University of New England); Collin Ahrens (Cesar Australia); Justin Borevitz (Australian National University); Paul Rymer (Western Sydney University). The idea that discordance in phylogenomic datasets exists as actual biological signal is being increasingly accepted. Discordance is described as coming from a range of molecular processes such as introgression

Revealing the extent of phylogenomic discordance in the Eucalyptus rapid radiation using BUSCO genes. Read More »

Don’t trust a plastid for taxonomic advice: Strong incongruence between nuclear and plastid ddRAD derived phylogenies of the southern holly-leaf grevilleas.

Gareth D. Holmes (Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne); Elizabeth A. James (Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, Melbourne). The southern holly-leaf grevilleas (Proteaceae) are an informal grouping of shrubs from southeastern Australia, several of which are of conservation concern. The generation of a resolved nuclear DNA phylogeny for the group has been problematic due to low interspecific sequence

Don’t trust a plastid for taxonomic advice: Strong incongruence between nuclear and plastid ddRAD derived phylogenies of the southern holly-leaf grevilleas. Read More »

Newly discovered gall-inducing scale insects (Coccomorpha: Apiomorpha) on York gum (Eucalyptus loxophleba) in the Southwest Australian Floristic Region.

Karla M. Garcia (The University of Queensland); Lyn G. Cook (The University of Queensland). The lack of information on invertebrate fauna, to the point that about 80% have yet to be named and described, prevents them from being listed in conservation schedules. Many of these “dark taxa” are probably at risk of extinction due to the

Newly discovered gall-inducing scale insects (Coccomorpha: Apiomorpha) on York gum (Eucalyptus loxophleba) in the Southwest Australian Floristic Region. Read More »

Carex kirkii s.l. Petrie (Carex section Inversae Kük., Cyperaceae). Two new rare species from the Eastern South Island of New Zealand.

Kerry A. Ford (Allan Herbarium, Landcare Research – Manaaki Whenua). Carex section Inversae in New Zealand is composed of 11 species and is found in a variety of habitats, including, moraine outwash surfaces, grasslands, and alpine herbfield. While assessing herbarium specimens for a new flora of Carex subgenus Vignea, including the three varieties of Carex kirkii, it became apparent that many specimens

Carex kirkii s.l. Petrie (Carex section Inversae Kük., Cyperaceae). Two new rare species from the Eastern South Island of New Zealand. Read More »

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