5min-6 – Biosystematics 2023

Testing species delimitation in Acacia: are gidgee (A. cambagei) and Georgina gidgee (A. georginae) two distinct species?

Barbara Azevedo de Oliveira (The University of Queensland); Rod Fensham (The University of Queensland, Queensland Herbarium); Lyn Cook (The University of Queensland). Acacia cambagei R.T. Baker and A. georginae Bailey are dominant woody species found in the Australian arid zone, spanning from Queensland to the Northern Territory and into the north of South Australia. These species, commonly known […]

Testing species delimitation in Acacia: are gidgee (A. cambagei) and Georgina gidgee (A. georginae) two distinct species? Read More »

Systematic revision of Pedicularis L. (Orobanchaceae) for the Flora of Bhutan.

Rinchen Yangzom (University of New England) Pedicularis, a charismatic genus of hemiparasitic plants in Orobanchaceae, predominantly thrives in the alpine and artic regions of the Northern Hemisphere. Bhutan is home to 69 taxa of Pedicularis, of about 800 species worldwide. Despite several taxonomic efforts a considerable number of Pedicularis taxa remain taxonomically unresolved and a significant portion of