plants

Aiden T. Webb (University of Melbourne); Joanne L. Birch (University of Melbourne); Russell L. Barrett (National Herbarium of New South Wales); Terry D. Macfarlane (Western Australian Herbarium). Caesia R.Br. (Asphodelaceae, Hemerocallidoideae) is a predominantly Australian, tepaloid monocot genus with high species diversity in the east and south-west. It contains 14 species and at least eight additional entities

Declan P. Blackburn (The University of Melbourne); Harvey K. Orel (The University of Melbourne); Rachael M. Fowler (The University of Melbourne); Kerry A. Ford (Allan Herbarium, Manaaki Whenua – Landcare Research); Joanne L. Birch (The University of Melbourne). The Asteliaceae (Asparagales) are a relatively small but diverse family comprised of three genera and 36 species with

Phil Garnock-Jones (Victoria Uniiversity of Wellington). Ascarina lucida (Chloranthaceae) is an endemic New Zealand wind-pollinated small tree. Its sexual system has been described variously, as dioecious, gynodioecious, or monoecious with strong protandry. Inflorescences are terminal thyrses of 2–3-flowered cymules. Flowers are unisexual and highly reduced: each male flower is a single anther with about 80,000 small

Matthew D. Barrett (Australian Tropical Herbarium); Ian D. Cowie (formerly Dept. of Environment, Northern Territory Government); Russell L. Barrett (National Herbarium of New South Wales); Benjamin M. Anderson (Western Australian Herbarium, Dept. of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions); Kevin R. Thiele (Australian Government, Dept. of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water); Siegfried L. Krauss (Kings