Plant Sciences and Biodiversity seminar series 2012

The Plant Sciences and Biodiversity seminars are held from 1–2 pm, usually on the fourth Tuesday of each month (check dates). Unless otherwise stated, the seminars are held in Mueller Hall at the National Herbarium of Victoria, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, cnr Birdwood Avenue and Dallas Brooks Drive, South Yarra (Melway ref. 2G A12).

Please direct any enquiries to Dan Murphy.

Tuesday February 28

2011/2012 Jim Willis studentship presentations

Nicole Webster, La Trobe University
Lactarius eucalypti (Russulaceae) cryptic or cosmopolitan: a preliminary study

Rachel Douglas, La Trobe University
Preliminary phylogenetics of Victorian Pimelea species based on nuclear and chloroplast DNA sequences

Tuesday March 27

Dr Joanne Birch, Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
The systematics of the Asteliaceae: Astelia s.l. evolution provides insights into Austral and Pacific biogeography

Tuesday April 24

Associate Professor Priya Rangan, School of Geography and Environmental Science, Monash University
Environmental history of botanical exchanges in the Indian Ocean world

Tuesday May 22

Dr Malte Ebach, School of Biological, Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of New South Wales
A history of biogeographical regionalisation in Australia

Tuesday June 26

Ian Shears, Manager Urban Landscapes Branch, City of Melbourne
Urban Forestry in the City of Melbourne