Karen Louise Wilson | |
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| Born | 1950 |
| Nationality | Australian |
| Alma mater | University of New South Wales |
| Scientific career | |
| Fields | Botany |
| Institutions | National Herbarium of New South Wales |
| Thesis | Systematic studies in Cyperus section Pinnati (1986) |
| Author abbrev. (botany) | K.L.Wilson |
Karen Louise Wilson AM (born 1950) is an Australian botanist. [1]
Some of her research interests are: systematics, phylogenetic and biogeographic studies on Cyperaceae, Casuarinaceae, Juncaceae and Polygonaceae. [2] Other professional interests include botanical nomenclature; botanical history, biodiversity, informatics and scientific editing. [2]
From 1973 to the present (As of 17 September 2018 [update] ) she has worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australia. [3] Wilson graduated from the University of New South Wales with an MSc in 1986. [4]
The standard author abbreviation K.L.Wilson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name. [5]
She has published at least 105 species names according to APNI, [6] while IPNI records some 107. [7]
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See also Taxa named by Karen Louise Wilson and the wikidata query for taxa named by Karen Wilson.
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Karen L. Wilson and David A. Morrison (eds.) (1998) (1998) Monocots : systematics and evolution
In 2008, she received an AM (member of the Order of Australia) in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to botany as a researcher and for the recording and documentation of Australian biodiversity. [8] [9] The citation lists the following achievements and services: [9]
| Period | Position |
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| present | Acting Manager, Plant Diversity Section, Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney |
| 1973 - | Botanist/Special Botanist |
| 1986 - 1993 | Scientific editor, Telopea scientific journal |
| 1992 - 1995 | Scientific representative, Committee, Friends of the Gardens |
| 1992 - | Member, Friends’ Publication Committee |
| 2002 - | Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New England |
| 1994 - 1996 | President, Linnean Society of NSW |
| 1997 - 2008 | Vice-President, Linnean Society of NSW |
| 1984 - | Council Member, Linnean Society of NSW |
| 1990 - 2000 | Chair, Joyce W Vickery Research Fund Committee |
| 1993 - 1999 | Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Flora of Australia |
| 2005 - | Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Australian Systematic Botany journal |
| 1975 - 1979 | Secretary, Australian Systematic Botany Society |
| 1979 - 1980 | Councillor, Australian Systematic Botany Society |
| 2008 | Member, new Committee for Data in Science, Australian Academy of Science |
| 1980 - | Author/Co-Author of a range of scientific publications,(mainly on sedges, rushes,she-oaks and smartweeds) |
| Director, Species 2000 ‘Catalogue of Life’ Program | |
| 2004 - 2006 | Chair, Global Team, Species 2000 ‘Catalogue of Life’ |
| 1997- | Member, Global Team, Species 2000 ‘Catalogue of Life’ |
| 2001 - 2007 | Chair, Taxonomy Group |
| 1999 - | Member, Species 2000, Asia-Oceania Working Group |
In addition she was a member of the organising committees for regional workshops on Global Taxonomy Initiative of Convention on Biological Diversity, a convenor of the Committee on Electronic Publishing and Databasing, International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1993-2005), a convenor of the International Conference on ‘Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons’, Sydney (1998) co-editing the proceedings, and more. [9]
Schoenus is a predominately austral genus of sedges, commonly known as bogrushes, or veldrushes in South Africa. Species of this genus occur mainly in South Africa, Australia and Southeast Asia. Others are found in scattered locations worldwide, from Europe to Asia, North Africa and the Americas. Three species occur in the peatlands of southern South America, including S. antarcticus which is found in Tierra del Fuego, where it forms a component of hyperhumid Magellanic moorland.
Jeremy James Bruhl is an Australian botanist. He is an emeritus professor in the School of Environmental and Rural Science at the University of New England and director of the N.C.W. Beadle Herbarium which holds c.110,000 plant specimens.
Schoenus quartziticus is a species of sedge endemic to the Agulhas Plain region of the Western Cape Province in southern South Africa.
Schoenus compar is a species of sedge endemic to southern South Africa.
Schoenus arenicola is a species of sedge endemic to the south-west coast of South Africa.
Schoenus pictus is a species of sedge endemic to the Western Cape Province of South Africa. It is a species usually found on mountain slopes.
Schoenus megacarpus is a species of sedge endemic to the south-central region of South Africa.
Schoenus auritus is a species of sedge endemic to southern and eastern South Africa.
Schoenus graminifolius is a species of sedge endemic to the Cape Peninsula of South Africa.
Schoenus ligulatus is a species of sedge endemic to the western regions of the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
Schoenus exilis is a species of sedge endemic to the western areas of the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
Schoenus bracteosus is a species of sedge endemic to the mountains of southern South Africa.
Schoenus riparius is a species of sedge endemic to the Cape Peninsula of South Africa.
Schoenus galpinii is a species of sedge endemic to eastern southern Africa.
Russell Lindsay Barrett is an Australian botanist.
Schoenus complanatus is a species of sedge endemic to the western mountains of the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
Schoenus gracillimus is a species of sedge endemic to the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
Schoenus brunnescens is a species of sedge endemic to the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
Schoenus crinitus is a species of sedge endemic to the Worcester region of the Western Cape Province of South Africa.
Anthelepis guillauminii is a plant in the Cyperaceae family, first described in 1938 by Georg Kükenthal as Schoenus guillauminii, with the current name being given in 2019 as belonging to the new genus, Anthelepis by Russell Barrett, Karen Wilson and Jeremy Bruhl. The species is native to New Caledonia.
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