he expertise of the staff at the State Herbarium covers a range of areas in researching and gathering information for the various collections within the Herbarium. These include:
The taxonomic botanists of the Biosystematics Research team have considerable experience in undertaking taxonomic revisions of Australian plant groups. They have taxonomic knowledge predominantly in arid and lower plant groups. They have an often unique in-depth knowledge of the taxonomy, biology, and ecological and geographical distribution of their specialist groups, and thus the capacity to interpret available evidence in other groups.
Their studies have made and are making major advances in knowledge of the species and infraspecific variation of the groups they specialise in, through:
Evolution and origin of weeds.
Cladistic techniques interpreting the relationship of plant species, which can then be related to past climates or adaptive transformations.
09 July 2022
Kangaroo Island’s threatened flora is being given a life-line thanks to a new Seed Production Garden.In a bid to safeguard plants from extinction, the Threatened Flora Seed Production Garden will grow multiple populations of the island’s at-risk species, then collect their seed for banking and biodiversity recovery projects on the island.
03 May 2022
Adelaide Botanic Garden has been shrunk down to fun-sized flowers, teensy trees and a petite Palm House for a new ABC TV show, Tiny Oz.
