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Walsh, Neville (1956 - )

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    Eucalyptus gregoriensis N.G.Walsh & Albr. (1998), 23 January 2013
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Born
1956
Occupation
Botanist

Summary

Neville Walsh was the Senior Conservation Botanist at the National Herbarium of Victoria, retiring in 2023. His projects include systematics and taxonomy of Australian native plants, conservation of rare and threatened native plants and checklists of Victorian plants. He also studies Lobelioideae and stipoid grasses. He is co-editor of the four-volume Flora of Victoria and has submitted accounts of various plant groups for publication in the Flora of Australia. He is a member of the Australian Plant Census working group, the Mountain Invasions Research Network (MIREN) and is a member of recovery teams for threatened plants and animals in Victoria. The Herbarium holds over 6,000 specimens collected by Walsh.

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Chronology

1977 - 1981
Career position - Survey Botanist, National Herbarium of Victoria
1982 - 1987
Career position - Flora Writer, National Herbarium of Victoria
1987 - 1999
Career position - Conservation Botanist, National Herbarium of Victoria
1995 - 2005
Career position - Member, Victorian Flora and Fauna Guarantee Scientific Advisory Committee
1998
Taxonomy event - Eucalyptus gregoriensis N.G. Walsh & Albr.
1999 - 2023
Career position - Senior Conservation Botanist, National Herbarium of Victoria

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Published resources

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Edited Books

  • Foreman, D.B.; and Walsh, N.G. eds, Flora of Victoria. Volume 1 - Introduction, vol. 1 of 4 (Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1993), 320 pp. Details
  • Walsh, N.G.; and Entwisle, T.J. eds, Flora of Victoria. Volume 2 - Ferns and allied plants, conifers and monocatyledons, vol. 2 of 4 (Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1994), 946 pp. Details
  • Walsh, N.G.; and Entwisle, T.J. eds, Flora of Victoria. Volume 3 - Dicotyledons winteraceae to myrtaceae, vol. 3 of 4 (Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1996), 1093 pp. Details
  • Walsh, N.G.; and Entwisle, T.J. eds, Flora of Victoria. Volume 4 - Dicotyledons cornaceae to asteraceae, vol. 4 of 4 (Melbourne: Inkata Press, 1999), 1093 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • George, Alex; with assistance from Walsh, Neville, 'Margaret Corrick 11 October 1922 to 12 August 2020', Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter, 186 (2021), 34-5. Details
  • Ross, Jim; and Walsh, Neville, 'Helen Aston 26 March 1934 to 17 March 2020', Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter, 186 (2021), 33-4. Details
  • Walsh, Neville, 'Vale Don Foreman 1945 - 2004', Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 119 (2004), 7-11. Details

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Digital resources

Title
National Herbarium of Victoria
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Date
23 January 2013
Place
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

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Title
National Herbarium of Victoria
Type
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Date
23 January 2013
Place
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

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Title
Eucalyptus gregoriensis N.G.Walsh & Albr. (1998)
Type
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Date
23 January 2013
Place
Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne

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