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Austral. Syst. Bot. Soc. Newsletter

Number 108, September 2001

Contents

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ASBS Inc. Business

The Society and legal issues........................................... 1

ABRS Report

Launch of Acacia/Wattle ................................................. 2

Twenty years of Flora of Australia ............................ 3

Recent publication ............................................................. 3

Coming soon..................................................................... 3

Book award......................................................................... 4

ABRS Research Grants 2002/03

New information on web ...................................................... 4

Research priorities 2002/03 ................................................ 4

ABLO Report...................................................................... 5

Eichler Research Fund Report............................................. 6

Chloroplast DNA variation in Eucalyptus series Subulatae ........... 6

Articles

The Biological Detection of Jack-the-Ripper....................... 8

News

A Temporary Move for DNA ‘Thousands lost’ as big stink shuts firm............ 13

Changed visitor access to the National Herbarium of Victoria (MEL) ...... 13

Australia's Virtual Herbarium: bringing a vision to reality ........... 14

Reviews

Another milestone in the advancing taxonomy of Grevillea
Flora of Australia Vol. 17A: Proteaceae 2, Grevillea. .................. 15

Obituaries

Richard E. Schultes: authority on medicinal and hallucinogenic plants of the Amazon.......... 17

Letters

Fanny de Mole’s Wild Flowers of South Australia........................ 19

Volunteer work in Costa Rica.................................................... 19

Requests

Rubus: a note for curators, mounters and volunteers ............................ 20

Coming conferences

Flowers: Diversity, Development and Evolution....................... 21

Conference Reports

Fourth International Legume Conference ........................... 22

Federation of Australian Scientific & Technological Societies (FASTS)

ASBS at Science Meets Parliament 2001 .......................... 23

FASTS' media releases ................................... 24

Policies for the next election: forget tax – science holds the future .............. 24

Report on universities welcomed ...................... 25

Minchin vs. Evans: science policy debate is on....................... 25

INCITES

National industry strategy to exploit biodiversity ........................ 26

Funding sources

University of Technology Sydney Science Postgraduate Research programs (advertisement)...... 29

Call for proposals: National Science Week 2002 Project Grants ................ 30

A.S.B.S. Publications................................................. 31

A.S.B.S. Chapter Conveners.......................................................... 32

Contacting Major Australian Herbaria and Systematic Institutions .......... 32

 

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