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Began working at the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) in October 1987, moving to the CBG Herbarium (image) in August 1989.
Moved to the Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research (CPBR) in November 1994 with the amalgamation of the ANBG and CSIRO herbaria to form the new Australian National Herbarium (here is an image of the ANH at the CPBR CSIRO site).
B.Sc. (1986) Australian National University, Canberra.
Grad. Dip. Sci. (1997) Australian National University, Canberra.
Work in the Herbarium
My work in the herbarium can be split into four broad areas:
1. Curation
This involves the curation of a number of families including Myrtaceae, Rutaceae, Casuarinaceae, Goodeniaceae, Campanulaceae, Stylidiaceae and Thymelaeaceae, conveying name changes to ANBG Living Collections, the identification of plant specimens for the ANBG, other scientific institutions and the public, and finally, training and overseeing herbarium student interns, work experience students, volunteers and other herbarium users.
2. Field Work
Planning and preparing field trips involving the collection of herbarium specimens and live material.
3. Research
Research centres upon the family Myrtaceae with particular interest in the genus Leptospermum.
I am also involved in the Flora of Australia project as a contributor
for the genera Choricarpia, Lindsayomyrtus and Osbornia.
4. Miscellaneous
There are a number of other tasks that come along with varying frequency involving OH&S (Occupational Health and Safety) and EEO (Equal Employment Opportunity). One major miscellaneous task involves the -
Publications
- Lyne, A.M. et. al. (1993). The Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria Herbarium Technicians Workshop. Austral. Syst. Bot. Soc. Newsletter 74: 18
- Lyne, A.M. (1993). Leptospermum namadgiensis (Myrtaceae), a new species from the Australian Capital Territory-New South Wales border area. Telopea (5)2: 319-324.
- Lyne, A.M. (1993).
New species of Tea-tree from the southern ACT. Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens Newsletter Winter Number 10: 8-9.
- Lyne, A.M. & Crisp, M.D. (1996). Leptospermum jingera (Myrtaceae - Leptospermoidae): A New Species From North-eastern Victoria. Aust. Syst. Bot 9(3): 301-306.
- Lyne, A.M. (1996). What's a Corymbia - the new name for the bloodwood eucalpyts. Friends of the Australian National Botanic Gardens Newsletter Spring, Number 23: 3 and 6.
- Lyne, A.M. (1996). Leptospermum. In Walsh, N.G. and Entwisle, T.J. eds, Flora of Victoria, Volume 3, Dicotyledons, Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. Inkata Press, Melbourne. 1091pp.
- Lyne, A. (1997). Analysis of the Geographic Variation Exhibited by Leptospermum brevipes F.Muell. Australian National University, Division of Botany and Zoology, Canberra. (Unpublished Graduate Diploma in Science thesis).
Other Activities
Member of the Australian Systematic Botany Society. Currently the Public Officer, Membership Officer and ASBS WWW site manager for the Society.
Member of the Society of Australian Systematic Biologists.
Contact details:
Andrew Lyne
Australian National Herbarium
Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research
GPO Box 1600
Canberra ACT 2601
Australia
Email: al@anbg.gov.au
Phone: (06) 246 5508
Fax: (06) 246 5249
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