Bernard Hyland (Bernard Patrick Matthew Hyland, born 1937), known as Bernie Hyland, is an Australian botanist.
He has contributed significantly to the understanding of Australian plants, in particular numerous species of his home and workplace in the
Wet Tropics of Queensland
The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site consists of approximately 8,940 km2 of Australian wet tropical forests growing along the north-east Queensland portion of the Great Dividing Range. The Wet Tropics of Queensland meets all f ...
. His contributions include many activities; he has collected eighteen thousand specimens and has named and scientifically described hundreds of species. He has expertise in the Australian rainforests’ rich diversity of species of the plant families
Lauraceae and
Myrtaceae.
For example, his Lauraceae 1989 major revision of seven
genera of one hundred and fifteen species,
[ and his rainforest Myrtaceae 1983 major revision of seventy species of the genus '']Syzygium
''Syzygium'' () is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1200 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific. ...
'' and allied genera.Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants
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'' identification key and information system (RFK).CSIRO
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Honorary Research Fellow
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''Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants'' information system
The most recent release is the 2020 8th edition, titled ''Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8''. This edition achieved the goal of making it freely available via the internet or via paid-for mobile app
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Legacy
The genus ''Hylandia
''Hylandia'' is a genus of plants, of the family Euphorbiaceae, named in honour of Australian botanist Bernie Hyland, by Herbert K. Airy Shaw.
''Hylandia dockrillii'', commonly named blushwood, is the only known species. It is native to the Co ...
'', described in 1974 by Herbert K. Airy Shaw,Antidesma hylandii
''Antidesma'' is a genus of tropical plant in the family Phyllanthaceae formally described by Linnaeus in 1753.
It is native to tropical Africa, S + E + SE Asia, Australia, and various oceanic islands. The greatest diversity occurs in Southe ...
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* ''Ardisia hylandii
''Ardisia'' (coralberry or marlberry) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Primulaceae. It was in the former Myrsinaceae family now recognised as the myrsine sub-family Myrsinoideae. They are distributed in the Americas, Asia, Australia, ...
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* ''Ceratopetalum hylandii
''Ceratopetalum'' is a genus of nine species of shrub and tree in the family Cunoniaceae. They are found along the eastern coast of Australia and extend north to New Guinea. Two Australian species are among the best known, one being '' C. apetal ...
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* ''Cleistanthus hylandii
''Cleistanthus hylandii'' is a plant in the family Phyllanthaceae which is endemic to north east Queensland, Australia. It was first described by Herbert Kenneth Airy Shaw , Airy Shaw in the Kew Bulletin in 1976.
Conservation
This species is l ...
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* '' Corymbia hylandii''
* ''Diploglottis bernieana
''Diploglottis'' is a genus of 10 species of trees known to science, constituting part of the plant family Sapindaceae. They grow naturally in rainforests and margins of adjoining humid forests in eastern Australia and New Guinea. Some species ar ...
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* '' Euodia hylandii''
* '' Glochidion hylandii''
* '' Memecylon hylandii''
* '' Premna hylandiana''
* '' Pseuduvaria hylandii''
* '' Rhodamnia hylandii''
* '' Symplocos hylandii''
* '' Wilkiea hylandii''
See also
*Taxa named by Bernard Hyland
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References
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20th-century Australian botanists
Botanists active in Australia
Botanists with author abbreviations
1937 births
Living people