Karen Louise Wilson (born 1950) is an Australian botanist.
Some of her research interests are: systematics, phylogenetic and biogeographic studies on
Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
,
Casuarinaceae
The Casuarinaceae are a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants placed in the order Fagales, consisting of four genera and 91 species of trees and shrubs native to eastern Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and the Pacifi ...
,
Juncaceae
Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family. It consists of 8 genera and about 464 known species of slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous monocotyledonous plants that may superficially resemble grasses and s ...
and
Polygonaceae
The Polygonaceae are a family of flowering plants known informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The name is based on the genus '' Polygonum'', and was first used by Antoine Laurent de Jussieu in 1 ...
.
[Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney Science Staff: Karen L. Wilson]
/ref> Other professional interests include botanical nomenclature; botanical history, biodiversity, informatics and scientific editing.[
From 1973 to the present () she has worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australia.][Researchgate: Karen L. Wilson]
Retrieved 17 September 2018. Wilson graduated from the University of New South Wales
The University of New South Wales (UNSW), also known as UNSW Sydney, is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It is one of the founding members of Group of Eight, a coalition of Australian research-intensiv ...
with an MSc in 1986.
Names published
She has published at least 105 species names according to APNI,[ while IPNI records some 107.]Gymnanthera cunninghamii
''Gymnanthera'' is a genus of vines in the family Apocynaceae (previously Asclepiadaceae), first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to China, Southeast Asia, and Australia.
;Selected species
#'' Gymnanthera cunninghamii'' (Benth.) P.I.Fo ...
'') J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 10(1): 113 (1987).
*''Rhyncharrhena linearis
''Rhyncharrhena'' is a genus of plants in the Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1859 by Ferdinand von Mueller. It contains only one known species, ''Rhyncharrhena linearis'', native to Australia
Australia, officially the Commonw ...
'' (Decne.) K.L.Wilson, Telopea 2(1): 38 (1980).
*''Baumea johnsonii
''Baumea'' is a genus of the sedge family, which includes around 30 species native to Madagascar and the Pacific Islands, with 15 species in Australia. All are perennial rhizomatous herbs, with leaves and stems very similar in appearance. The inf ...
'' K.L.Wilson, Telopea 1(6): 457 (1980).
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See also Taxa named by Karen Louise Wilson
Publications
(incomplete)
Journal articles
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* Rye, B.L., Barrett, R.L., Barrett, M.D., Bruhl, J.J., Clarke, K.L., Wilson, K.L. (2015) Five new species and a new combination in Cyperaceae
The Cyperaceae are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as sedges. The family is large, with some 5,500 known species described in about 90 genera, the largest being the "true sedges" genus ''Carex'' w ...
from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. ''Nuytsia'' 26: 167-184
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*Thomson, S.A. et.al. (2018)
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Books
Karen L. Wilson and David A. Morrison (eds.) (1998
(1998) Monocots : systematics and evolution
Honours
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.[ Spanish Wikipedia: Karen Louise Wilson][
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.][
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References
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1950 births
Living people
Members of the Order of Australia
University of New South Wales alumni
Australian Botanical Liaison Officers