Person

Cowley, Kirsten J.

Occupation
Taxonomic botanist

Summary

Kirsten Cowley was Research Assistant at the Australian National Herbarium for over 35 years. During this time she worked with colleagues on a wide variety of projects. These included revisionary studies on Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) and Colobanthus (Caryophyllaceae). She was involved in the curation of the Herbarium's collections; fieldwork; entering data into the online databases Australian plant name indexAustralian plant census to ensure accuracy and currency; and contributing regularly to the newsletter published by the Australian Network for Plant Conservation. Some of the key publications to which she was a major contributor were Resources in Australian herbaria (1999), two editions of Plant systematics research in Australasia, and The CSIRO handbook of Australian weeds (1997). Cowley retired in March 2022.

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Chronology

1983
Education - Bachelor of Science (BSc), Australian National University
1986 - 2022
Career position - Research assistant, Australian National Herbarium
2003 - 2009
Career position - Public Officer, Australian Systematic Botany Society
2005 - 2006
Career position - Member of Council, Australian Systematic Botany Society
2006 - 2009
Career position - Secretary, Australian Systematic Botany Society

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Books

  • Cowley, K. J.; West, J. G, Resources of Australian Herbaria: a Guide to Herbaria Located in Australia (Canberra: Centre for Plant Biodiversity Research, 1999), [84] pp. Details
  • Lazarides, Michael, Cowley, Kirsten J. and Hohnen, P., CSIRO handbook of Australian weeds (Collingwood, Vic.: CSIRO Publishing, 1997), 264 pp. Details

Edited Books

  • Puttock, C. F. and Cowley, K. J. eds, Plant systematics research in Australasia (Centre for Plant Biodiersity Research for Council of Heads of Australian Herbaria, 1997), 86 pp. Details

Journal Articles

  • Adams, L. G., West, J. G. and Cowley, K. J., 'Revision of Spergularia (Caryophyllaceae) in Australia', Australian systematic botany, 21 (2008), 251-70. Details
  • Craven, L. A., Lepschi, B. J. and Cowley, K. J., 'Melaleuca (Myrtaceae) of Western Australia: five new species, three new combinations, one new name and a new state record.', Nuytsia, 20 (2010), 27-36. Details
  • Lepschi, B. J.; Monro, A. M.; and Cowley, K. J., 'Lyndley (Lyn) Alan Craven 3 September 1945 - 11 July 2014', Australasian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, 167 (2016), 17-30. Details
  • Monro, Anna; and Lepschi, Brendan, 'Kirsten Cowley retires from CANB', Australasian Systematic Botany Society newsletter, 192 (2022), 13-4. Details

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