Plant Science Group talk: Dr Mark Clements
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The November talk to the Friends' Plant Science Group will be given by Dr Mark Clements, head of the Orchid Research Group in the Centre for Australian National Biodiversity Research. His topic is Australian Orchids: what we do and don’t know about them.
Venue is the Theatrette in the Australian National Botanic Gardens.
Talk summary: With growing public infrastructure development, requirements from Federal and State legislation, scientific investigations into orchids are increasingly required to provide a more reliable basis for determining species boundaries and their general placement. This talk provides a summary of some recent results and developments in the scientifically based re-assessment and classification of the Australian Orchidaceae.