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DR GILLIAN BROWN



Contact Details

Organization: Botany
Position: PLANT SYSTEMATIST- ARC/APDI
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Work: 8344 7150
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 Systematics and Biogeography Acacia, Rhododendron, Phylogeny, Evolutionary Relationships Tropical Legumes,Systematics, biogeography Australia

International Linkages

Country Establishment Collaboration
United States University of Iowa Research
Australia Royal Botanic Gardens and National Herbarium of Victoria Research
Australia Department of Conservation and Land Management - Western Australia Research

Qualifications, Honours, Fellowships and Other Awards

Qualifications

Title Institution Date Awarded Abbreviation
Bachelor of Science (honours) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2000
Diploma in Modern Languages (Japanese) University of Melbourne 31-Dec-2000
Doctor of Philosophy University of Melbourne 18-Dec-2004

Other Awards

Award Type Awarding Body Comments Date Awarded
Other (Award) Systematics Association Best oral presentation at the 4th Biennial Meeting (Dublin Ireland) 01-Aug-2003
Other (Award) Systematics Association Student travel bursary 01-Jan-2003
Other (Award) Australian Biological Resources Study Travel bursary 01-Jan-2003
Other (Award) Royal Horticultural Society Travel bursary 01-Jan-2002
Other (Award) Rhododendron Society of Victoria Travel bursary 01-Jan-2002
Other (Award) University of Melbourne Melbourne Aboard Postgraduate Travelling Scholarship 01-Jan-2002
Other (Award) University of Melbourne Travel Award 01-Jan-2002
Scholarship University of Melbourne M.A. Bartlett Research Scholarship 01-Jan-2002
Scholarship University of Melbourne Melbourne Research Scholarship PhD living stipend (3 years) 01-Jan-2000

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
A predictive phylogenetic classification for Australian acacias and their tropical legume relatives worldwide Chief Investigator AUST RESEARCH COUNCIL Linkage Projects 01/07/2006
Research visit to Prof. Andrew Lowe�s laboratory at the University of Adelaide to learn to develop microsatellite markers for Paraserianthes lophantha, the closest relative of the Australian acacias Chief Investigator ENVIRONMENTAL FUTURES NETWORK Early Career Researcher Support Program 18/12/2007

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

  • Acacia s.s. and its relationship among tropical legumes, tribe Ingeae (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Systematic Botany
    Volume: 33
    Issue: 4
    Page numbers: 739-751
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  • Classification of the Vireya group of Rhododendron (Ericaceae)
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Blumea
    Volume: 53
    Issue: 2
    Page numbers: 435-442
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  • Systematics of the tribe Ingeae (Leguminosae: Mimosoideae) over the last 25 years
    Year: 2008
    Journal: Muelleria
    Volume: 26
    Page numbers: 27-42
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Publications in 2006

Journal Articles

  • Bipinnate acacias (Acacia subg. Phyllodineae sect. Botrycephalae) of eastern Australia are polyphyletic based on DNA sequence data
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Systematic Botany
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 315-326
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  • Evolution of Vireya Rhododendrons: A Summary
    Year: 2006
    Journal: The Rhododendron
    Volume: 46
    Page numbers: 13-21
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  • Historical biogeography of Rhododendron section Vireya and the Malesian Archipelago
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Journal of Biogeography
    Volume: 33
    Page numbers: 1929-1944
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  • Phylogenetic relationships of Rhododendron section Vireya (Ericaceae) inferred from the ITS nrDNA region
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Australian Systematic Botany
    Volume: 19
    Page numbers: 329-342
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  • Phylogeny of Rhododendron section Vireya (Ericaceae) based on two non-coding regions of cpDNA
    Year: 2006
    Journal: Plant Systematics and Evolution
    Volume: 257
    Page numbers: 57-93
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Publications in 2003

Journal Articles

  • A new alpine species of Rhododendron (Ericaceae) from New Guinea
    Year: 2003
    Journal: Novon
    Volume: 13
    Page numbers: 26-29
    Publisher: Missouri Botanical Garden
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Publications in 2001

Journal Articles

  • Molecular phylogeny and biogeography of Melaleuca, Callistemon and related genera (Myrtaceae)
    Year: 2001
    Journal: Australian Systematic Botany
    Volume: 14
    Page numbers: 565-585
    Publisher: CSIRO Publications(Collingwood)
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