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Unearthing Agaricus down under: Exploring species boundaries in eastern Australasian Agaricus (Basidiomycota).

Amelia-Grace Boxshall (University of Melbourne, School of BioSciences); Joanne Birch (University of Melbourne, School of BioSciences); Jerry Cooper (Manaaki Whenua); Teresa Lebel (State Herbarium of South Australia). Agaricus is a large basidiomycete genus estimated to contain >500 species globally. However, Australasian Agaricus remain underrepresented in taxonomic revisions of the genus and their diversity remains incompletely understood. Until recently, only […]

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A guide to strategically communicating taxonomy: from public to parliament.

Bryan D. Lessard (Australian Biological Resources Study, Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water). Taxonomy underpins our understanding of biodiversity and its effective management. Despite its significance as a foundational science, wider interest in the science of taxonomy, systematics and collections-based research is in decline. Science communication has the power to reach and inform

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Rethinking the systematics, evolution and biogeographic history of the mahogany family (Meliaceae).

Elizabeth M. Joyce (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München). Meliaceae is an economically valuable family of c. 740 species, with a high diversity of lifeforms and habitats throughout its predominantly pantropical distribution. Despite the economic and biological importance of the family, infra-familial relationships remain unclear. Further, recent fossil evidence brings the assumed African origin of the family into question. In

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