Banksia

The SASB newsletter is currently produced and distributed twice a year. Editor Samuel Brown introduced Banksia in the first issue as follows:

The aim of this newsletter is to communicate to the society and to provide a forum to help advance systematic research in Australia and New Zealand. As such, the intention is to publish hints and tips of a technical nature, particularly those that tend to be picked up by experience or passed on by word of mouth. If you’ve found yourself having to explain certain techniques or protocols frequently, this may be a good place to air them once and for all! Reviews of good papers, software and websites and news of upcoming events are all acceptable and much appreciated.

Please send contributions directly to the editor:  sam . brown (at) lincolnuni . ac . nz

You can download past issues here:

Banksia 1 (October 2008)    PDF (620 kb)

  • Example of Murphy's Law in taxonomy
  • EDIT and House of Lords taxonomy reports
  • July 2008 national postgraduate workshop in systematics
  • Richard Dawkins' 'correct tree of life' - discussion
  • Software review: R statistical package
  • Website review: SASB
  • Conference and SASB news

Banksia 2 (May 2009)    PDF (350 kb)

  • Spatial data tips
  • ICZN on electronic publishing
  • DNA vs traditional taxonomy - discussion
  • Software review: Inkscape for vector drawing
  • Website review: TRIN
  • Conference and SASB news

Banksia 3 (Dec 2009)    PDF (1.9 mb)

  • New President's message
  • New biogeography journal
  • Subspecies - discussion
  • Software trick: plotting with Google Maps
  • SASB member appointed to ICZN
  • Compendium of types names
  • UQ PhD opportunity
  • New SASB website
  • Website review: Dave Rentz' blog
  • Australian butterfly subspecies
  • Crisp-Cook labs annual retreat
  • SASB 2009 AGM minutes

Banksia 4 (July 2010)    PDF (1.6 mb)

  • Molecular phylogenies - discussion
  • Fauna of NZ announcement
  • Taxonomy Australia meeting, May 2010
  • Aquatic oligochaete symposium 2012
  • Entomology at 'Southern Connections' conference
  • More Google Maps tricks
  • Scale insect symposium, April 2010
  • 'Gardens in Focus' photo competition
  • Fringe taxonomy: H. Özdikmen
  • Insects of the NT CD-ROM