ACACIA 2006
Knowing and Growing Australian Wattles
Melbourne, 25-28 August 2006
 
Acacia, with almost 1000 species, is Australia’s largest, most diverse and widespread group of plants. In recent years there has been an upsurge in international and local interest in growing and studying Australian acacias perhaps stimulated by the recent controversy surrounding the name changes in Acacia.

The aim of this conference is to bring together those people interested in different aspects of Acacia, including horticulture, systematics and taxonomy, conservation, weed research, or any other topic related to acacias.

The two main days of presentations will be punctuated by a day of touring gardens in and around Melbourne to see a diverse range of cultivated Acacia species.

It is hoped that Acacia 2006 will promote the exchange of information as well as stimulate new research and future collaboration between the many people interested in acacias. It will enable delegates to:

  • learn where progress has been made; 
  • highlight those areas requiring further study;
  • plan effective, complementary, and relevant research projects

Acacia 2006 will bring together a diverse range of people, all working on different aspects of Acacia research. Mr Bruce Maslin (Conservation and Land Management, Western Australia), the developer of the WATTLE interactive key for identifcation of Australian acacias, and Dr Joe Miller (Center for Comparative Genomics at the University of Iowa), will be keynote speakers.

The main sessions of the Conference will be: 

  • Horticulture
  • Taxonomy - a predictive system based on phylogeny
  • Weed research
  • Pollination biology
  • Anatomy

A Post-Conference Tour will be held to see indigenous Acacia species across Victoria.

 

Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne Australian Plants Society (SGAP Victoria) APS Maroondah Group

Australian Plants Society
(SGAP Victoria)

APS Maroondah Group