Marco Duretto (born 1964) is a manager and senior research scientist at the

Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney The Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney is a heritage-listed major botanical garden, event venue and public recreation area located at Farm Cove on the eastern fringe of the Sydney central business district, in the City of Sydney local government are ...

in Australia. His primary research interests are systematics and conservation of

Rutaceae The Rutaceae () is a family (biology), family, commonly known as the rueRUTACEAE
in Bo ...

Rubiaceae Rubiaceae () is a family (biology), family of flowering plants, commonly known as the coffee, madder, or bedstraw family. It consists of terrestrial trees, shrubs, lianas, or herbs that are recognizable by simple, opposite leaves with Petiole ( ...

Orchidaceae Orchids are plants that belong to the family (biology), family Orchidaceae (), a diverse and widespread group of flowering plants with blooms that are often colourful and fragrant. Orchids are cosmopolitan distribution, cosmopolitan plants that ...

Stylidiaceae The family Stylidiaceae is a taxon of dicotyledonous flowering plants. It consists of five genera with over 240 species, most of which are endemic to Australia and New Zealand. Members of Stylidiaceae are typically grass-like herbs or small shrub ...

and evolution of Australasian flora. Duretto's projects have included "Phylogeny and biogeography of ''

Boronia ''Boronia'' is a genus of about 160 species of flowering plants in the citrus family Rutaceae. Most are endemic to Australia with a few species in New Caledonia, which were previously placed in the genus ''Boronella''. They occur in all Australi ...

'' (Rutaceae)", "Mutual pollination system involving ''Boronia'' (Rutaceae) and moths of the Heliozelidae", "A molecular and morphological phylogeny of the ''

Phebalium ''Phebalium'' is a genus of thirty species of shrubs or small trees in the family Rutaceae and is Endemism, endemic to Australia. The leaves are arranged alternately, simple and often warty, the flowers arranged singly or in umbels on the en ...

'' Group (Rutaceae)", and "East coast species limits in ''

Stylidium ''Stylidium'' (the triggerplants or trigger plants) is a genus of dicotyledonous plants that belong to the family Stylidiaceae. The genus name ''Stylidium'' is derived from the Greek ''στύλος'' or ''stylos'' (column or pillar), which refer ...

''". Marco Duretto was previously a research scientist with the

University of Tasmania The University of Tasmania (UTAS) is a public research university, primarily located in Tasmania, Australia. Founded in 1890, it is Australia's fourth oldest university. Christ College (University of Tasmania), Christ College, one of the unive ...

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Selected published names

*'' Asterolasia exasperata'' P.R.Alvarez & Duretto *'' Asterolasia sola'' Duretto & P.R.Alvarez *'' Boronia amplectens'' Duretto *''

Cyanothamnus acanthocladus ''Cyanothamnus acanthocladus'' is a plant in the citrus family, Rutaceae and is endemic to a small area in the south-west of Western Australia. It is a low, prickly shrub with small leaves and white, four-petalled flowers. Description ''Cyanotha ...

'' ( PaulG.Wilson)Duretto & Heslewood *''

Drummondita ''Drummondita'' is a genus of flowering plants belonging to the family Rutaceae. Its native range is Southwestern and Northern Australia. The genus name of ''Drummondita'' is derived from Thomas Drummond Captain Thomas Drummond (10 Octobe ...

borealis'' Duretto *''

Leionema bilobum ''Leionema bilobum'', commonly known as notched phebalium, is a shrub species of the family Rutaceae. It is endemic to south-eastern Australia. The species was first formally described by English botanist John Lindley from material collected dur ...

subsp. thackerayense'' Duretto & K.L.Durham *'' Pterostylis extranea'' ( D.L.Jones)

Janes Janes is an English patronymic family name. Its root is believed to be from the possessive of the given name '' Jan'' (see '' Jayne''), ''John'' or '' Ian''. In England, the name appears to have its densest roots in Bedfordshire and Gloucestersh ...

& Duretto *'' Zieria vagans'' Duretto & P.I.Forst. * See also :Taxa named by Marco Duretto * an
International Plant Name Index: Plant names authored by Duretto

Selected publications

*Barrett, R.L., Barrett, M.D., & Duretto, M.F. (2015) Four new species of ''Boronia'' (Rutaceae) from the Kimberley region of Western Australia
Nuytsia, 26; 89-109.

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* *Duretto, M.F. (2009). ''49 Gunneraceae''
Flora of Tasmania Online
* Duretto, M.F. (2009) ''87 Rutaceae''.
Version 2009:1, Flora of Tasmania Online

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* Choia, B.K. & Duretto, M.F. (2008) ''Correa alba'' Andrews var. ''rotundifolia'' DC.(Rutaceae): an old name for a newly recognised variety endemic to south-eastern Tasmania
Muelleria, 26(2), 45-53.
* Duretto, M.F. & Forster, P.I. (2007) “A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Zieria Sm. (Rutaceae) in Queensland.�
Austrobaileya, vol. 7, no. 3, pp. 473–544.JSTOR
* Duretto, M.F., Durham, K.L., James, E.A., Ladige, P.Y. (2006) ''New subspecies of

(Rutaceae)''
Muelleria 23: 7–14.
*Duretto, M.F. (2003) ''Notes on

(Rutaceae) in eastern and northern Australia''
Muelleria 17 19–135.
* * Weston, P.H & Duretto, M.F. (1999
''Boronia fraseri'' New South Wales Flora Online

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Duretto, Marco 1964 births Living people Botanists active in Australia 20th-century Australian botanists 21st-century Australian botanists Muelleria (journal) editors