Person
Albrecht, David Edward (1962 - )
Eucalyptus gregoriensis N.G.Walsh & Albr. (1998), 23 January 2013
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- Born
- 16 December 1962
Sydney, New South Wales, Australia - Occupation
- Taxonomic botanist
Summary
David Albrecht joined the National Herbarium in Melbourne, Victoria, as a technician in December 1983, where he later became a Botanist. In 1993, he began working at the Alice Springs Herbarium, and together with Peter Latz developed the collection with important arid Northern Territory specimens from the Darwin Herbarium. David Albrecht has published in journals and written reports for local governments on vegetation management and on the environmental impact of industrial activities. Albrecht is a discerning collector, concentrating on unusual and rarely collected species. He is particularly knowledgeable on the families Epacridaceae, Juncaceae, Lobeliaceae and Rutaceae, and in the flora of Arid Australia.
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Chronology
- 1983 - 1987
- Career position - Technical Officer, National Herbarium of Victoria
- 1987 - 1993
- Career position - Identifications Botanist, National Herbarium of Victoria
- 1989 - 1991
- Career position - Joint Convenor, Melbourne Chapter, Australian Systematic Botany Society
- 1993 - 2012
- Career position - Senior Botanist, Alice Springs Herbarium
- 1998
- Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus gregoriensis N.G.Walsh & Albr., Muelleria 11: 41-44 (1998)
- 2012 - 2015
- Career position - Consultant botanist, Tasmania
- 2015 -
- Career position - Botanical Identification and Liaison Officer, Australian National Herbarium
Related entries
Published resources
Encyclopedia of Australian Science and Innovation Exhibitions
- McCarthy, Gavan; Smith, Ailie; Moje, Christine; Rigby, Rebecca, The Study of Australian Eucalypts, eScholarship Research Centre, 2013, http://www.eoas.info/eucalypts/index.html. Details
Journal Articles
- Albrecht, D., 'Eden Revisited ... Mueller's 1860 Journey to Twofold Bay-Genoa District', The Victorian naturalist, 113 (1996), 171-180. Details
- Albrecht, D.E.; Owens, C.T.; Weiller, C. M.; and Quinn, C.J., 'Generic concepts in Ericaceae: Styphelioideae - the Monotoca group', Australian Systematic Botany, 23 (5) (2010), 320-332. Details
- Clarke, Peter J; Latz, Peter K.; Albrecht, David E., 'Long-term changes in semi-arid vegetation: Invasion of an exotic perennial grass has larger effects than rainfall variability.', Journal of Vegetation Science, 16 (2) (2005), 237-248. Details
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q8354093. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/4256153184549027100009. Details
- 'Albrecht, David (19621216-)', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-498059. Details
- Northern Territory Herbarium, History of plant collection in the Northern Territory, Northern Territory Government, 2012, http://www.nretas.nt.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/3723/history_of_nt_herbarium.pdf. Details
See also
- Fagg, Murray, 'Albrecht, David Edward (1962- )', Australian Plant Collectors and Illustrators, Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria (CHAH), 2010, http://www.anbg.gov.au/biography/albrecht-david-edward.html. Details
Digital resources
- Title
- Eucalyptus gregoriensis N.G.Walsh & Albr. (1998)
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 23 January 2013
- Place
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Christine Moje and Neville Walsh
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