Karen Louise Wilson (born 1950) is an Australian botanist.

Career

Some of her research interests are: systematics, phylogenetic and biogeographic studies on

Cyperaceae The Cyperaceae () are a family of graminoid (grass-like), monocotyledonous flowering plants known as wikt:sedge, sedges. The family (biology), family is large; botanists have species description, described some 5,500 known species in about 90 ...

Casuarinaceae The Casuarinaceae are a family of dicotyledonous flowering plants placed in the order Fagales, consisting of four genera and 91 species of trees and shrubs native to eastern Africa, Australia, Southeast Asia, Malesia, Papuasia, and the Pacific ...

Juncaceae Juncaceae is a family of flowering plants, commonly known as the rush family. It consists of 8 genera and about 464 known species of slow-growing, rhizomatous, herbaceous monocotyledonous plants that may superficially resemble grasses and ...

and

Polygonaceae The Polygonaceae are a Family (biology), family of flowering plants known Common name, informally as the knotweed family or smartweed—buckwheat family in the United States. The Botanical name, name is Basionym, based on the genus ''Polygonum'', ...

. Other professional interests include botanical nomenclature; botanical history, biodiversity, informatics and scientific editing. From 1973 to the present () she has worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australia.Researchgate: Karen L. Wilson
Retrieved 17 September 2018. Wilson graduated from the

University of New South Wales The University of New South Wales (UNSW) is a public research university based in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. It was established in 1949. The university comprises seven faculties, through which it offers bachelor's, master's and docto ...

with an MSc in 1986.

Names published

She has published at least 105 species names according to APNI, while IPNI records some 107. *''Gymnanthera fruticosa'' K.L.Wilson (''

Gymnanthera cunninghamii ''Gymnanthera'' is a genus of vines in the family Apocynaceae (previously Asclepiadaceae), first described as a genus in 1810. It is native to China, Southeast Asia, and Australia. ;Selected species #'' Gymnanthera cunninghamii'' (Benth.) P.I.Fo ...

'') J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 10(1): 113 (1987). *''Rhyncharrhena linearis'' (Decne.) K.L.Wilson, Telopea 2(1): 38 (1980) (now ''

Vincetoxicum lineare ''Vincetoxicum lineare'' is a species of plant in the family Apocynaceae native to Australia. Known as the bush bean, it is an edible species of plant found in arid regions. As ''Rhyncharrhena linearis'', the species was at one time the only ...

'') *''

Baumea johnsonii ''Baumea'' is a genus of the sedge family, which includes around 30 species native to Madagascar and the Pacific Islands, with 15 species in Australia. All are perennial rhizomatous herbs, with leaves and stems very similar in appearance. The inf ...

'' K.L.Wilson, Telopea 1(6): 457 (1980). (incomplete)

Publications

(incomplete)

Journal articles

* * Rye, B.L., Barrett, R.L., Barrett, M.D., Bruhl, J.J., Clarke, K.L., Wilson, K.L. (2015) Five new species and a new combination in

from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. ''Nuytsia'' 26: 167-184
PDF.
* *Thomson, S.A. et.al. (2018) * * * *

Books

Karen L. Wilson and David A. Morrison (eds.) (1998
(1998) Monocots : systematics and evolution

Honours

In 2008, she received an AM (member of the Order of Australia) in the

Queen's Birthday Honours The Birthday Honours, in some Commonwealth realms, mark the King's Official Birthday, reigning monarch's official birthday in each realm by granting various individuals appointment into Order (honour), national or Dynastic order of knighthood, dy ...

for services to botany as a researcher and for the recording and documentation of Australian biodiversity. Spanish Wikipedia: Karen Louise Wilson The citation lists the following achievements and services: In addition she was a member of the organising committees for regional workshops on Global Taxonomy Initiative of Convention on Biological Diversity, a convenor of the Committee on Electronic Publishing and Databasing, International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1993-2005), a convenor of the International Conference on ‘Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons’, Sydney (1998) co-editing the proceedings, and more.

References

External links

wikidata query for taxa named by Karen Wilson
{{DEFAULTSORT:Wilson, Karen Louise 1950 births Living people Members of the Order of Australia University of New South Wales alumni Australian Botanical Liaison Officers