15min3 – Biosystematics 2023

Heterodichogamy in Ascarina lucida (Chloranthaceae).

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 […]

Systematics of tiny black acalyptrate flies as case studies for challenges in Australian biodiversity research.

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Keith M. Bayless (CSIRO Australian National Insect Collection). Flies (Diptera) are among the most poorly known Australian insects. These ecologically labile, fragile insects need specialised techniques to collect and preserve. While technological advances in sequencing and artificial intelligence will streamline aspects of biodiversity characterisation, shifts in researcher mindset and education policy are needed to circumscribe

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