Marco Duretto (born 1964) is a manager and senior research scientist at the
Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney in Australia.
His primary research interests are systematics and conservation of
Rutaceae
The Rutaceae is a family, commonly known as the rue[RUTACEAE](_blank)
in BoDD – Botanical Der ...
,
Rubiaceae
The Rubiaceae are a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with interpetiolar stipules a ...
,
Orchidaceae
Orchids are plants that belong to the family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant.
Along with the Asteraceae, they are one of the two largest families of flowering ...
,
Stylidiaceae
The family Stylidiaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants. It consists of five genera with over 240 species, most of which are endemic to Australia and New Zealand. Members of Stylidiaceae are typically grass-like herbs or small shrub ...
and evolution of Australasian flora.
Duretto's projects have included "Phylogeny and biogeography of ''
Boronia
''Boronia'' is a genus of about 160 species of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae. Most are endemic to Australia with a few species in New Caledonia, which were previously placed in the genus ''Boronella''. They occur in all Austral ...
'' (Rutaceae)",
"Mutual pollination system involving ''Boronia'' (Rutaceae) and moths of the Heliozelidae",
"A molecular and morphological phylogeny of the ''
Phebalium'' Group (Rutaceae)",
and "East coast species limits in ''
Stylidium''".
Marco Duretto was previously a research scientist with the
University of Tasmania
The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College, one of the university's residential colleges, first prop ...
.
Standard author abbreviation
Selected published names
*''
Asterolasia exasperata''
P.R.Alvarez & Duretto
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Asterolasia sola''
Duretto & P.R.Alvarez
*''
Boronia amplectens''
Duretto
*''
Cyanothamnus acanthocladus''
( PaulG.Wilson)Duretto & Heslewood
*''
Drummondita borealis''
Duretto
*''
Leionema bilobum subsp. thackerayense''
Duretto & K.L.Durham
*''
Pterostylis extranea
''Pterostylis extranea'' is a plant in the orchid family Orchidaceae and is endemic to Queensland. It was first formally described in 2010 by David Jones and given the name ''Oligochaetochilus extraneus''. The description was published in the jo ...
''
(D.L.Jones
David Lloyd Jones (born 1944) is an Australians, Australian horticultural botanist and the author of many books and papers, especially on Australian orchids.
Jones was born in Victoria (Australia), Victoria and in his youth was a student at Burnl ...
) Janes
Janes is an English patronymic family name. Its root is believed to be from the possessive of the given name ''Jan'' (see ''Jayne''), ''John'' or ''Ian''. In England, the name appears to have its densest roots in Bedfordshire and Gloucestershire ...
& Duretto
*''
Zieria vagans
''Zieria vagans'', commonly known as Gurgeena stink bush, is a plant in the citrus family Rutaceae and endemic to a small area near Binjour in south-eastern Queensland. It is an open, straggly shrub with densely hairy branches, three-part leaves ...
''
Duretto & P.I.Forst.
* See also
:Taxa named by Marco Duretto
* an
International Plant Name Index: Plant names authored by Duretto
Selected publications
*Barrett, R.L., Barrett, M.D., & Duretto, M.F. (2015) Four new species of ''Boronia'' (Rutaceae) from the Kimberley region of Western Australia
Nuytsia, 26; 89-109.pdf*
pdf*
*Duretto, M.F. (2009). ''49 Gunneraceae''
Flora of Tasmania Online * Duretto, M.F. (2009) ''87 Rutaceae''.
Version 2009:1, Flora of Tasmania Onlinepdf* Choia, B.K. & Duretto, M.F. (2008) ''Correa alba'' Andrews var. ''rotundifolia'' DC.(Rutaceae): an old name for a newly recognised variety endemic to south-eastern Tasmania
Muelleria, 26(2), 45-53.* Duretto, M.F. & Forster, P.I. (2007) “A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Zieria Sm. (Rutaceae) in Queensland.â€
Austrobaileya, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 473–544.JSTOR
* Duretto, M.F., Durham, K.L., James, E.A.,Ladige, P.Y. (2006) ''New subspecies of Leionema bilobum (Rutaceae)''
Muelleria 23: 7–14.
*Duretto, M.F. (2003) ''Notes on Boronia
''Boronia'' is a genus of about 160 species of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae. Most are endemic to Australia with a few species in New Caledonia, which were previously placed in the genus ''Boronella''. They occur in all Austral ...
(Rutaceae) in eastern and northern Australia''
Muelleria 17 19–135.
*
* Weston, P.H & Duretto, M.F. (1999)
''Boronia fraseri'' New South Wales Flora Online
References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
Botanists active in Australia
20th-century Australian botanists
21st-century Australian botanists
Muelleria (journal) editors