A few months ago, a new book about the common grasses in southern Australia was published by Ellen Bennett and the Native Grass Resources Group… Bennett, E. (2024). That grass book: Identifying grasses in southern Australia. Published by the author: Mitcham. The work was supported by staff of the State Herbarium of South Australia, in […]
For about 20 years, State Herbarium Hon. Research Associate Pam Catcheside and her husband David Catcheside from Flinders University are undertaking regular surveys for fungi on Kangaroo Island. They are documenting, describing and photographing the species they find and have contributed numerous specimens of fungi to the State Herbarium of South Australia. The culmination of […]
Dr Hellmut Toelken has devoted his career (and ‘retirement’) to the taxonomy and systematics of South African and Australian flora. Over this time he has contributed roughly 6000 collections to African herbaria, and over 3600 to Australian herbaria (of which around 1400 are databased). He named 412 taxa, authored over 72 publications (14 in retirement, […]
The State Herbarium of South Australia wishes all followers of the blog, its volunteers, staff, Hon. Research Associates and Research Affiliates a very happy Christmas break and all the best for the New Year. We hope to see you all again in 2024. The Herbarium also published two articles in Vol. 37 of the online […]
World-renowned fern expert Pat Brownsey passed away earlier this month. He was well-known and -liked among his colleagues in New Zealand and Australia. In 2017 he received the Nancy Burbidge Medal, the highest award for botanists in Australasia (issued by the Australasian Systematic Botany Society). Our colleagues from the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa […]
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