ASBS Inc. business
From the President ..............1
Hansjörg Eichler Research Grants ..............1
Miscellaneous
    The koala plant and related monickers ..............2
    Designating types: private collections and destroyed specimens ..............4
    Dates of publication of Ferdinand Mueller’s Fragmenta Phytographiae Australiae ..............4
    What’s new in phycology? ..............5
Retirements
    Jim Ross, botanist and administrator ..............8
    Neville Marchant – an appreciation ..............11
Obituaries
    David Given (1943-2005):botanist, conservation biologist, author ..............13
    Barry Dangerfield, horticulturist and herbarium volunteer ..............13
CHAH business
    Chairman’s report ..............14
    Australian Plant Census ..............15
News
    Retirements of Jim Ross and Neville Marchant ..............16
    IAPT roles for two members ..............16
    New leadership in Adelaide ..............16
    New Northern Territory Herbarium head ..............16
    New MEL head announced ..............16
    New WA Herbarium building at design stage ..............16
    AM for Kevin Kenneally ..............17
    Change at the helm of the PNG National Herbarium ..............17
Theses
    A systematic analysis of Bertya (Euphorbiaceae: Ricinocarpeae) ..............17
ABRS Report ..............18
ABLO Report ..............19
Book reviews
    Tropical seagrasses of the Indo-West Pacific ..............20
    Plant native! ..............22
    Australia ’s disappearing woodland landscape ..............26
    Habitats, challenges, and adaptations of plants ..............27
Books
    Some recent and forthcoming publications from the West ..............30
Conference report
    Brisbane 2005 conference ..............30
Coming meetings
    Cheeseman Symposium 20 th–22 nd November 2006 – a symposium to celebrate the centenary of the first edition of Cheeseman’s Manual of the New Zealand Flora (1906) ..............35
    Other meetings in 2006 ..............36
From the Web
    What is a wiki? ..............37
    From Taxacom ..............37
    Lichen collection data online at Michigan ..............37
    Problems with shipping specimens ..............37
    DNA Barcoding of Life Offer ..............37
    Angiosperm classification available on web ..............38
    Images Working Group. ..............38
A puzzle
    Who wrote this early account of the avocado? ..............38
ASBS Publications ..............39
ASBS Chapter Conveners ..............40
Contacting Major Australian Herbaria and Systematics Institutions ..............40