William Robert Barker

William (Bill) Robert Barker is an honorary research associate of the State Herbarium of South Australia.

William Robert Barker
Occupation	Botanist

He is a former chief botanist of the State Herbarium. With Robyn Mary Barker and Laurence Haegi he had a particular interest in Hakea in the family Proteaceae. He was also involved in taxonomic revisions of Lawrencia , Lasiopetalum and Spyridium .

In his retirement he is presently involved in outstanding research work, finalising revisions and publications. Barker is a life member and is the current president of the Australasian Systematic Botany Society. His primary research expertise is in biodiversity discovery, species and populations and ecological processes. ^[1]

Selected publications

• Austin R Mast; Ethan F Milton; Eric H Jones; Robyn M Barker; William R. Barker; Peter H Weston (March 2012). "Time-calibrated phylogeny of the woody Australian genus Hakea (Proteaceae) supports multiple origins of insect-pollination among bird-pollinated ancestors". American Journal of Botany . 99 (3): 472–87. doi:10.3732/AJB.1100420. ISSN   0002-9122. PMID   22378833. Wikidata   Q28261006.
• Paul M. Beardsley; William R. Barker (2005). "Patterns of evolution in Australian Mimulus and related genera (Phrymaceae~Scrophulariaceae): a molecular phylogeny using chloroplast and nuclear sequence data". Australian Systematic Botany . 18 (1): 61. doi:10.1071/SB04034. ISSN   1030-1887. Wikidata   Q107484566.
• William Barker (17 December 1997). "Taxonomic studies in Euphrasia (Scrophulariaceae). VIII. E. ruptura, a name for a species apparently extinct in northeastern New South Wales". Telopea . 7 (3): 227–230. doi:10.7751/TELOPEA19971016. ISSN   0312-9764. Wikidata   Q55801420.

References

1. "Dr. William Robert Barker". Department of Environment & Water. South Australian Government. Retrieved 3 March 2019.
2. International Plant Names Index.  W.R.Barker.