Karen Louise Wilson

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Karen Louise Wilson
Born1950
NationalityAustralian
Scientific career
FieldsBotany
InstitutionsNational Herbarium of New South Wales
Author abbrev. (botany)K.L.Wilson

Karen Louise Wilson (born 1950) is an Australian botanist.[1]

Some of her research interests are: systematics, phylogenetic and biogeographic studies on Cyperaceae, Casuarinaceae, Juncaceae and Polygonaceae.[2] Other professional interests include botanical nomenclature; botanical history, biodiversity, informatics and scientific editing.[2]

From 1973 to the present (As of 17 September 2018) she has worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australia.[3]

The standard author abbreviation K.L.Wilson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[4]

Names published

She has published at least 105 species names according to APNI,[5] while IPNI records some 107.[6]

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Publications

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Journal articles

  • Plunkett, George; Wilson, Karen; Bruhl, Jeremy (2013). "Sedges in the mist: A new species of Lepidosperma (Cyperaceae, Schoeneae) from the mountains of Tasmania". PhytoKeys. 28 (28): 19–59. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.28.5592. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 3881413. PMID 24399891.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: unflagged free DOI (link)
  • 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 Cyperaceae from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Nuytsia 26: 167-184.ISSN 0085-4417 PDF.
  • Larridon, Isabel; Bauters, Kenneth; Semmouri, Ilias; Viljoen, Jan-Adriaan; Prychid, Christina J.; Muasya, A. Muthama; Bruhl, Jeremy J.; Wilson, Karen L.; Senterre, Bruno; Goetghebeur, Paul (2018). "Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Costularia (Schoeneae, Cyperaceae) reveals multiple distinct evolutionary lineages". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 126: 196–209. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.016. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29679713.
  • Thomson, S.A. et.al. (2018) Thomson, Scott A.; Pyle, Richard L.; Ahyong, Shane T.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel; Ammirati, Joe; Araya, Juan Francisco; Ascher, John S.; Audisio, Tracy Lynn; Azevedo-Santos, Valter M.; Bailly, Nicolas; Baker, William J.; Balke, Michael; Barclay, Maxwell V. L.; Barrett, Russell L.; Benine, Ricardo C.; Bickerstaff, James R. M.; Bouchard, Patrice; Bour, Roger; Bourgoin, Thierry; Boyko, Christopher B.; Breure, Abraham S. H.; Brothers, Denis J.; Byng, James W.; Campbell, David; Ceríaco, Luis M. P.; Cernák, István; Cerretti, Pierfilippo; Chang, Chih-Han; Cho, Soowon; Copus, Joshua M. (2018). "Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation". PLOS Biology. 16 (3): e2005075. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075. ISSN 1545-7885. PMID 29538381. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |displayauthors= ignored (|display-authors= suggested) (help)
  • Musili, Paul M.; Bruhl, Jeremy J.; Wilson, Karen L. (2018). "Schoenus rupicola: a narrowly endemic species distinguished from S. melanostachys (Cyperaceae, Schoeneae) in eastern Australia". Australian Systematic Botany. 31 (3): 219. doi:10.1071/SB17046. ISSN 1030-1887.
  • Musili, Paul M.; Gibbs, Adele K.; Wilson, Karen L.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2016). "Schoenus (Cyperaceae) is not monophyletic based on ITS nrDNA sequence data". Australian Systematic Botany. 29 (5): 265. doi:10.1071/SB15046. ISSN 1030-1887.
  • Duke, Colin C.; Tran, Van H.; Duke, Rujee K.; Abu-Mellal, Abdallah; Plunkett, George T.; King, Douglas I.; Hamid, Kaiser; Wilson, Karen L.; Barrett, Russell L.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2017). "A sedge plant as the source of Kangaroo Island propolis rich in prenylated p-coumarate ester and stilbenes". Phytochemistry. 134: 87–97. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2016.11.005. ISSN 0031-9422.
  • Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro; Luceño, Modesto; Wilson, Karen L.; Waterway, Marcia J.; Roalson, Eric H. (2016). "Clarification of the Use of the Terms Perigynium and Utricle in Carex L. (Cyperaceae)". Systematic Botany. 41 (3): 519–528. doi:10.1600/036364416X692488. ISSN 0363-6445.

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 for services to botany as a researcher and for the recording and documentation of Australian biodiversity..[7][8] The citation lists the following achievements and services:[8]

Period Position
present Acting Manager, Plant Diversity Section, Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney
1973 - Botanist/Special Botanist
1986 - 1993 Scientific editor, Telopea scientific journal
1992 - 1995 Scientific representative, Committee, Friends of the Gardens
1992 - Member, Friends’ Publication Committee
2002 - Adjunct Associate Professor, University of New England
1994 - 1996 President, Linnean Society of NSW
1997 - 2008 Vice-President, Linnean Society of NSW
1984 - Council Member, Linnean Society of NSW
1990 - 2000 Chair, Joyce W Vickery Research Fund Committee
1993 - 1999 Member, Editorial Advisory Committee, Flora of Australia
2005 - Member, Scientific Advisory Board, Australian Systematic Botany journal
1975 - 1979 Secretary, Australian Systematic Botany Society
1979 - 1980 Councillor, Australian Systematic Botany Society
2008 Member, new Committee for Data in Science, Australian Academy of Science
1980 - Author/Co-Author of a range of scientific publications,(mainly on sedges, rushes,she-oaks and smartweeds)
Director, Species 2000 ‘Catalogue of Life’ Program
2004 - 2006 Chair, Global Team, Species 2000 ‘Catalogue of Life’
1997- Member, Global Team, Species 2000 ‘Catalogue of Life’
2001 - 2007 Chair, Taxonomy Group
1999 - Member, Species 2000, Asia-Oceania Working Group

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.[8]

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