Bernard Hyland (Bernard Patrick Matthew Hyland, born 1937), known as Bernie Hyland, is an Australian botanist. He has contributed significantly to the understanding of Australian plants, in particular numerous species of his home and workplace in the

Wet Tropics of Queensland The Wet Tropics of Queensland World Heritage Site consists of approximately 8,940 km2 of Australian wet tropical forests growing along the north-east Queensland portion of the Great Dividing Range. The Wet Tropics of Queensland meets all f ...

. His contributions include many activities; he has collected eighteen thousand specimens and has named and scientifically described hundreds of species. He has expertise in the Australian rainforests’ rich diversity of species of the plant families

Lauraceae Lauraceae, or the laurels, is a plant Family (biology), family that includes the bay laurel, true laurel and its closest relatives. This family comprises about 2850 known species in about 45 genus (biology), genera worldwide. They are dicotyled ...

and

Myrtaceae Myrtaceae (), the myrtle family, is a family of dicotyledonous plants placed within the order Myrtales. Myrtle, pōhutukawa, bay rum tree, clove, guava, acca (feijoa), allspice, and eucalyptus are some notable members of this group. All ...

. For example, his Lauraceae 1989 major revision of seven

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of one hundred and fifteen species, and his rainforest Myrtaceae 1983 major revision of seventy species of the genus ''

Syzygium ''Syzygium'' () is a genus of flowering plants that belongs to the myrtle family, Myrtaceae. The genus comprises about 1200 species, and has a native range that extends from Africa and Madagascar through southern Asia east through the Pacific. I ...

'' and allied genera. A major project he worked on for approximately 45 years is the ''

Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants, also known as RFK, is an identification key giving details—including images, taxonomy, descriptions, range, habitat, and other information—of almost all species of flowering plants (i.e. trees, shru ...

'' identification key and information system (RFK). He retired in 2002, continuing as a

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Honorary

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and contributing to the continuing development of RFK.

''Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants'' information system

The most recent release is the 2020 8th edition, titled ''Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants Edition 8''. This edition achieved the goal of making it freely available via the internet or via paid-for

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and

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. Both versions include fact sheets providing comprehensive descriptions for 2762 species, uses over 730 diagnostic features to make identifications, and contains around 14,000 images.

Legacy

The genus '' Hylandia'', described in 1974 by Herbert K. Airy Shaw, and the following species have names in his honour: * '' Alpinia hylandii'' * ''

Antidesma hylandii ''Antidesma'' is a genus of tropical plant in the family Phyllanthaceae formally described by Linnaeus in 1753. It is native to tropical Africa, S + E + SE Asia, Australia, and various oceanic islands. The greatest diversity occurs in Southe ...

'' * '' Ardisia hylandii'' * '' Ceratopetalum hylandii'' * '' Cleistanthus hylandii'' * '' Corymbia hylandii'' * ''

Diploglottis bernieana ''Diploglottis bernieana'', commonly known as Bernie's tamarind or large leaf tamarind, is a plant in the maple and lychee family Sapindaceae. It was first described in 1987 by the Australian botanist Sally T. Reynolds and is found only the We ...

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Euodia hylandii ''Euodia hylandii'', commonly known as dwarf euodia, is a shrub or small tree in the citrus family Rutaceae. It is endemic to northeastern Queensland, Australia, and inhabits the understorey of well developed rainforest. The range extends from ...

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Glochidion hylandii ''Glochidion hylandii '' known as the buttonwood, Hyland's buttonwood or pin flower tree is a plant in the family Phyllanthaceae. It is found in tropical north eastern Australia in the vicinity of the Atherton Tableland. Usually a small tree foun ...

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Memecylon hylandii ''Memecylon'' is a plant group in Melastomataceae. It consists of 350-400 species of small to medium-sized trees and shrubs occurring in the Old World tropics. ''Memecylon'' is a monophyletic group basal to the Melastomataceae clade. ''Memecylon ...

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Premna hylandiana ''Premna'' is a genus of flowering plants in the mint family, Lamiaceae, first described for modern science in 1771. It is widespread through tropical and subtropical regions in Africa, southern Asia, northern Australia, and various islands in th ...

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Pseuduvaria hylandii ''Pseuduvaria'' is a genus of the plant family Annonaceae and tribe Miliuseae: with a native range is Tropical Asia. Species ''Pseuduvaria'' contains the following species: * '' Pseuduvaria acerosa'' Y.C.F.Su & R.M.K.Saunders * '' Pseuduvaria ...

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Rhodamnia hylandii ''Rhodamnia'' is a group of rainforest trees and shrubs in the myrtle family described as a genus in 1822.Govaerts, R., Sobral, N., Ashton, P., Barrie, F., Holst, B.K., Landrum, L.L., Matsumoto, K., Fernanda Mazine, F., Nic Lughadha, E., Proenç ...

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Symplocos hylandii ''Symplocos'' is a genus of flowering plants in the order Ericales. It contains about 300 species distributed in Asia and the Americas. Many species grow in humid tropical regions. This is sometimes considered to be the only genus in family Sympl ...

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Wilkiea hylandii ''Wilkiea hugeliana'' is a species of flowering plant in the family ''Monimiaceae'', and is endemic to Cape York Peninsula in far northern Queensland. It is a shrub or small tree with elliptic, sometimes toothed leaves, and male and female flower ...

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''Australian Tropical Rainforest Plants'' information system

Legacy

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