Lyn A. Craven

Principal Research Scientist

Dip.Hort.Sci., M.Sc.

Phone (+61) 02 6246 5122

Fax: (+61) 02 6246 5249

E-mail: lyn.cravencsiro.au

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

My research is focussed on plant systematics. Through revisionary and phylogenetic studies of natural groups, throughout as much of their range as is feasible, I aim at establishing robust classifications that will provide both a basis for further investigations and a knowledge base for conservation workers and land managers.

The groups in which I specialise include Myrtaceae; Malvaceae; Ericaceae; especially the genera Syzygium; Eugenia; Melaleuca; Callistemon; Gossypium; Hibiscus; Rhododendron. I also have a keen interest in the systematics of wild relatives of economic plants (eg. Glycine and Heliotropium), and in the floras of Australia, Malesia (esp. Indonesia & Papua New Guinea) and the SW Pacific.

Hartley, T.G. and Craven, L.A. 1977. A revision of the Papuasian species of Acmena (Myrtaceae). J. Arnold Arb. 58: 325-342.

Craven, L.A. 1987. A taxonomic revision of Calytrix Labill. (Myrtaceae). Brunonia 10: 1-138.

Craven, L.A. 1989. Reinstatement and revision of Asteromyrtus (Myrtaceae). Austral. Syst. Bot. 1: 373-385.

Fryxell, P.A., Craven, L.A. and Stewart, J.McD. 1992. A revision of Gossypium sect. Grandicalyx (Malvaceae), including the description of six new species. Syst. Bot. 17: 91-114.

Craven, L.A. 1996. A taxonomic revision of Heliotropium (Boraginaceae) in Australia. Austral. Syst. Bot. 9: 521-657.

Seelanan, T., Brubaker, C.L., Stewart, J.McD., Craven, L.A. and Wendel, J.F. 1999. Molecular systematics of Australian Gossypium section Grandicalyx (Malvaceae). Syst. Bot. 24: 183-208.

Craven, L.A. and Lepschi, B.J. 1999. Enumeration of the species and infraspecific taxa of Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) occurring in Australia and Tasmania. Austral. Syst. Bot. 12: 819-927.

Craven, L.A. 2001. Unravelling knots or plaiting rope: What are the major taxonomic strands in Syzygium sens. lat. (Myrtaceae) and what should be done with them? pp. 75-85. In ‘Taxonomy: the cornerstone of biodiversity. Proc. Fourth Fl. Mal. Symp. (Eds Saw, L.G., Chua, L.S.L. and Khoo, K.C.) (Inst. Pen. Perhutanan Malaysia: Kuala Lumpur)

Pfeil, B.E., Brubaker, C.L., Craven, L.A. and Crisp, M.D. 2002. Phylogeny of Hibiscus and the tribe Hibisceae (Malvaceae) using chloroplast DNA sequences of ndhF and the rpl16 intron. Syst. Bot. 27: 333-350.

Craven, L.A., Wilson, F.D. and Fryxell, P.A. 2003. A taxonomic review of Hibiscus sect. Furcaria (Malvaceae) in Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Austral. Syst. Bot. 16: 185-218.

Craven, L.A. 2003. Four new species of Syzygium (Myrtaceae) from Australia. Blumea 48: 479-488.

Craven, L.A. and Pfeil, B.E. In review. Macrostelia transferred to Hibiscus (Malvaceae).

Craven, L.A. and Biffin, E. In review. Anetholea anisata transferred to, and two new Australian taxa of, Syzygium (Myrtaceae).

Broadhurst, L., Byrne, M., Craven, L. and Lepschi, B. In review. Genetic congruence with new species boundaries in the Melaleuca uncinata R. Br. complex (Myrtaceae).

Biffin, E., Craven, L.A., Tuiwawa, M., Crisp, M.D. and Gadek, P.A. In review. South Pacific Cleistocalyx transferred to Syzygium (Myrtaceae)

Craven, L.A. In review. The Australian representatives of Callistemon transferred to, or reinstated in, Melaleuca (Myrtaceae).

Craven, L.A., Lepschi, B.J., Broadhurst, L. and Byrne, M. In press. Taxonomic revision of the broombush complex in Western Australia (Myrtaceae, Melaleuca uncinata s.l.). Austral. Syst. Bot.

Revision of Papuasian Syzygium;
Revision of Melaleuca;
Revision of Australasian Hibiscus.