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NAME

D. Christine Cargill

Curator of Cryptogam Herbarium

Ph.D, Southern Illinois University, Illinois, USA
B.Sc. (Hons.) Monash University, Melbourne, Australia


Christine Cargill
CONTACT

Phone (+61) 02 6250 9464

Fax: (+61) 02 6250 9432

E-mail: christine.cargillenvironment.gov.au

Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
CSIRO Plant Industry
GPO Box 1600
Canberra ACT 2601
AUSTRALIA

 
RESEARCH INTERESTS

Systematics and Phylogeny of bryophytes, in particular the suborder Fossombroniineae (simple thalloid liverworts) and the Australasian hornworts.


SELECTED PUBLICATIONS

Stotler, R. E., J. R. Bray, Jr., D. C. Cargill, D. Krayesky and B. J. Crandall-Stotler 2003. Typifications in the genus Fossombronia (Marchantiophyta). The Bryologist. 106: 130-142.

Duff, R. J., D. C. Cargill, J. C. Villarreal and K. S. Renzaglia. 2004 Phylogenetic relationships of the hornworts based on rbcL sequence data: novel relationships and new insights. Monographs of the Missouri Botanical Gardens. 98: 41-58.

Cargill, D. C., K. S. Renzaglia, J. C. Villarreal and R. J. Duff. 2005. Generic concepts within hornworts: historical review, contemporary insights and future directions. Australian Systematic Botany. 18: 1-10.

Stotler, R., D. C. Cargill, J. Bray, Jr. & B. Crandall-Stotler. 2005. Proposals to conserve the names Fossombronia caespitiformis and Jungermannia angulosa with conserved types (Marchantiophyta: Fossombroniaceae). Taxon 54: 546-548.3.

Duff, R. J., J. C. Villarreal, D. C. Cargill and K. S. Renzaglia. 2007. Progress and Challenges Toward Developing a Phylogeny and Classification of the Hornworts. The Bryologist. 110: 214-243.


CURRENT RESEARCH PROJECTS

Taxonomy and systematics of the Australasian hornworts;
Worldwide Monograph of Hornworts;
Australian Fossombroniineae

 


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