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DR ANDREW DRINNAN



Contact Details

Organization: Botany
Position: READER
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Homepage: www.botany.unimelb.edu.au/botany/
Work: 8344 5252
Fax: 9347 5460
Level: 01
Building: Natural Philosophy
Campus: Parkville

Research Expertise and International Linkages

Research Expertise

Research Interest Key Words Country of Expertise
Plant evolution Morphology, development, palaeobotany, systematics, phylogeny Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
Singapore Ngee Ann Polytechnic Teaching

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Master of Science University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1983
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 31-Dec-1988

Government Research Classifications

Research Fields, Courses and Discipline Classifications

Socio-Economic Objective Classifications

Grants and Contracts

Research Grants, Contracts and Consultancies awarded to the University of Melbourne as the administering institution (since 2003) as recorded in Themis Agreements.

Grants

Title Role Funding Source Scheme Award Date
Resolving the classification and evolutionary history of the eucalypts Chief Investigator ROYAL BOTANIC GARDENS SYDNEY,
AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL
Linkage Projects (AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL) 01/01/2004
FOSSIL EVIDENCE FOR THE EVOLUTION OF AUSTRALIAS MODERN VEGETATION Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Discovery Projects 01/01/2005
INVESTIGATING GENETIC AND MORPHOLOGICAL VARIABILITY IN THE HOLLY GREVILLEA, GREVILLEA AQUIFOLIUM (PROTEACEAE) Chief Investigator ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 01/01/2007
SYSTEMATICS AND BIODIVERSITY OF THE ECOLOGICALLY IMPORTANT MOSS FAMILY POTTIACEAE IN AUSTRALIA Principal Supervisor ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 01/01/2007
PLANT EVOLUTION: A NEW MODEL OF PLANT ARCHITECTURE BASED ON PRIMITIVE LAND PLANTS Chief Investigator HERMON SLADE FOUNDATION Grants 01/07/2007
Investigating genetic and morphological variability in the holly grevillea, Grevillea aquifolium (Proteaceae) Chief Investigator ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 27/05/2008
Systematics and Biodiversity of the ecologically important moss family Pottiaceae in Australia Principal Supervisor ANZ CHARITABLE TRUSTS Holsworth Wildlife Research Endowment Fund 27/05/2008

Publications

Publications produced at the University of Melbourne and reported in the Annual Publications Collection and 'Research Report' since 2001. The Themis Publications module, released in November 2006, allows additional publications from previous institutions and publications from past years to be entered.

Publications in 2008

Journal Articles

  • Leaf ontogeny and morphology in Acacia Mill. (Mimosaceae)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Muelleria
    Volume: 26
    Issue: 1
    Page numbers: 43-50
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  • Variation in Phebalium glandulosum subsp. glandulosum: morphometric and anatomical evidence (Rutaceae)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Australian Systematic Botany
    Volume: 21
    Page numbers: 271-288
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Variation within Prostanthera spinosa (Lamiaceae): evidence from morphological and molecular studies
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Systematic Botany
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 467-477
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Publications in 2005

Journal Articles

  • A new fossil conifer Bellarinea richardsii, from the Early Cretaceous Strzelecki Group, southeastern Victoria
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Proceedings of the Royal Society of Victoria
    Volume: 117
    Page numbers: 295-306
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  • An investigation of phyllode variation in Acacia verniciflua and A. leprosa (Mimosaceae), and implications for taxonomy
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Australian Systematic Botany
    Volume: 18
    Page numbers: 383-398
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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  • Floral development and systematic position of Arillastrum, Allosyncarpia, Stockwellia and Eucalyptopsis (Myrtaceae)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Plant Systematics and Evolution
    Volume: 251
    Page numbers: 53-70
    Publisher: Springer-Verlag Wein(Vienna)
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  • Inorganic chemistry, petrography and palaeobotany of Permian coals in the Prince Charles Mountains, East Antartica
    Year: 2005
    Journal: International Journal of Coal Geology
    Volume: 63
    Page numbers: 156-177
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Ontogeny, anatomy and systematic significance of ovular structures in the 'eucalypt group' (Eucalypteae, Myrtaceae)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Plant Systematics and Evolution
    Volume: 255
    Page numbers: 17-39
    Publisher: Springer-Verlag Wein(Vienna)
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  • The ontogenic basis for floral diversity in Agonis, Leptospermum and Kunzea (Myrtaceae)
    Year: 2005
    Journal: Plant Systematics and Evolution
    Volume: 251
    Page numbers: 71-88
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Publications in 2004

Journal Articles

  • Distribution of cell wall components in Sphagnum hyaline cells and in liverwort and hornwort elaters
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Planta
    Volume: 219
    Page numbers: 1023-1035
    Publisher: Springer Verlag(New York)
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  • Floral development and molecular phylogeny support the generic status of Tasmannia (Winteraceae)
    Year: 2004
    Journal: American Journal of Botany
    Volume: 91
    Page numbers: 321-331
    Publisher: Botany Society of America Inc(Ohio)
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  • Secondary walls in hyaline cells of Sphagnum
    Year: 2004
    Journal: Australian Journal of Botany
    Volume: 52
    Page numbers: 243-256
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • New species of Rochipteris from the Upper Triasic of Australia
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
    Volume: 123
    Page numbers: 273-287
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Secondary wall formation in elaters of liverworts and the hornwort Megaceros
    Year: 2003
    Journal: International Journal of Plant Sciences
    Volume: 164
    Issue: 6
    Page numbers: 823-834
    Publisher: University of Chicago Press(Illinois)
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Publications in 2002

Journal Articles

  • Early Cretaceous (Neocomian) flora and fauna of the Lower Strzelecki Group, Gippsland Basin, Victoria
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Memoirs of the Association of Australasian Palaeontologists
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 1-144
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  • Early Cretaceous megaspore assemblages from southeastern Australia
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Cretaceous Research
    Volume: 23
    Page numbers: 807-844
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  • Fern spore diversity and abundance in Australia during the Cretaceous
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Review of Palaeobotany and Palynology
    Volume: 119
    Page numbers: 69-92
    Publisher: Elsevier Science(Amsterdam)
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  • Ontogeny of pistillate flowers and inflorescences in Nothofagus subgenus Lophozonia (Nothofagaceae)
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Plant Systematics and Evolution
    Volume: 233
    Page numbers: 105-126
    Publisher: Springer-Verlag Wein(Vienna)
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  • Reproductive biology and genetic marker diversity in Grevillia infecunda (Proteaceae), a rare plant with no known seed production
    Year: 2002
    Journal: Australian Systematic Botany
    Volume: 15
    Page numbers: 485-492
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • The currency and tempo of extinction
    Year: 2001
    Journal: The American Naturalist
    Volume: 157
    Page numbers: 1-10
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