Person
Walsh, Neville (1956 - )
- 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.
Details
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
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
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
Resources
- Wikidata, http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q6041421. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/311317580. Details
- VIAF - Virtual International Authority File, OCLC, https://viaf.org/viaf/18877199. Details
- 'Walsh, N G', Trove, National Library of Australia, 2009, https://nla.gov.au/nla.party-613735. Details
Digital resources
- Title
- National Herbarium of Victoria
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 23 January 2013
- Place
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
- Title
- National Herbarium of Victoria
- Type
- Image
- Date
- 23 January 2013
- Place
- Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne
Christine Moje and Helen Cohn
Created: 30 January 2013, Last modified: 12 December 2023
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