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Research Newsletters

From 1993 onwards, we have published highlights of our staff and student activity in the Oxford Plant Systematics (OPS) newsletters. These include short articles on research projects, staff visits, people and our herbaria.

The first OPS newletter was published in 1993 - click here to read a short summary of the first 25 years.

OPS 1 (1993) * OPS 2 (1994) OPS 3 (1995) * OPS 4 (1996) * OPS 5 (1997) * OPS 6 (1998) * OPS 7 (1999) * OPS 8 (2000) * OPS 9 (2002) * OPS 10 (2003) * OPS 11 (2004) * OPS 12 (2005) * OPS 13 (2006) * OPS 14 (2007) * OPS 15 (2008) * OPS 16 (2009) * OPS 17 (2011) * OPS 18 (2012) * OPS 19 (2013) * OPS 20 (2014) * OPS 21 (2015) * OPS 22 (2016) * OPS 23 (2017) * OPS 24 (2018) * OPS 25 (2019) * OPS 26 (2020) * OPS 27 (2021) * OPS 28 (2023)

Newsletter feature articles

Issue Title Author
1 Leucaena systematics: Mixtecs to Modern Man Colin Hughes
1 Yet another assault on Clerodendrum taxonomy Dot Steane
2 The rare pines of Mexico Aljos Farjon
2 Parkinsonia and Cercidium Julie Hawkins
2 Thomas Kirk: his collections at Oxford Mark Large
2 The endemic flora of the granitic Seychelles Rosemary Wise
3 Systematics of Oxera and Faradaya (Labiatae) Rogier de Kok
3 The Oxford Forestry Institute's Wood Collection (Xylarium) Ian D. Gourlay
3 The Oxford Botanical Museum and its fate David Mabberley
4 Species delimitation problems in Brachystegia Benth Augustine Chikuni
4 Systematics of Stenosiphonium Nees (Acanthaceae): the legacies of Hooker and Thomson Mark Carine
4 Hosea, a monotypic and enigmatic genus of the Labiatae Rogier de Kok
5 Rarity of Strobilanthes and Stenosiphonium Mark Carine
5 Pollen morpholohgy in Brachystegia Augustine Chikuni
5 Checklistof the Flora of Mt. Mulanje, Malawi Alison Strugnell
6 Monograph of Leucaena Colin Hughes
6 The systematics of Uncinia (Cyperaceae) and its phylogenetic relationships within Cariceae Julian Starr
6 Faurea (Proteaceae) with special reference to the species found in Malawi Serena Marner
7 Hemigraphis (Acanthacae) from the Philippines. An example of species delimitation. Elizabeth Moylan
7 The botanical legacy of William Dampier (1699-1999). Serena Marner
8 The taxonomy and biology of Strobilanthes cernua Blume, Acanthaceae Jonathan R. Bennett amd Bjarne Hansen
8 Assessing bioquality in Mesoamerican dry forest. Jamie Gordon
8 Tropical forest plant field guide project Willian Hawthorne
9 Three days collecting in Eastern Bolivia John Wood
9 Tropical forest plant field guide project William Hawthorne
9 Evergreen forest flora of Malawi Book Review Stuart Cable
10 The Darwin Initiative Project in Bolivia John Wood
10 Breathless in the Andes Colin Hughes
10 FRP Field Guides Project – the final stages William Hawthorne
11 Experiences of Ethiopia: highlights of the 17th AETFAT Congress Alex Wortley
11 Collecting in the Botanists’ Promised Land Tim Waters
11 Oxford Field Guide Workshop: Field Guide to the William Hawthorne
11 Hunting for Strobilanthes John Wood
12 Four new legumes in forty-eight hours Colin Hughes
12 The Oxford-Bolivia Darwin Project John Wood
12 Classification and phylogeny at the Oxford Botanic Garden Timothy Walker
12 The Oxford University Herbarium database Stephen Harris
12 Oxford's Virtual Field Herbarium. Bringing tropical plant life to the internet William Hawthorne
13 Insights on Andean Iridaceae through the Darwin Initiative John Wood and Hibert Huaylla
13 Evolutionary studies in Bromeliaceae Andrew Smith
13 400 years old! [A book herbarium from Italy] Serena Marner
13 Bobart the Younger’s Hortus Siccus Stephen Harris
14 Point of View : Taxonomists and Parataxonomists – John Wood
14 Every Picture Tells a Story Rosemary Wise
14 Druce and Oxford University Herbaria Stephen Harris
14 Linnaeus and Oxford Serena Marner
14 Conservation of endangered coastal biodiversity hotspots of Central Chile Stephen Harris
14 Oxford University Canopy Biodiversity Expedition to Trinidad Edward Mitchard
15 Ecological setting and the evolution of Neotropical plants: origins and diversification of the Cerrado flora Marcelo Simon
15 Sibthorp, Bauer and the Flora Graeca Stephen Harris
15 Following Linnaeus's journey through Gotland Rosemary Wise
15 Publishing online from BRAHMS Denis Filer
16 The evolutionary ecology of nickel hyperaccumulation in Alyssum L. and related species Tom Flynn
16 Rock outcrops in the Cerrado biome – hotspots of endemism John Wood
16 Evolution and biogeography of Aglaia Caroline Pannell
16 The Trower sisters and George Claridge Druce Stephen Harris
16 George Claridge Druce's Birthday Book Oliver Bridle
16 Mapping diversity using BRAHMS Denis Filer
17 Systematics and Phylogeography of Cardamine hirsuta L. Elizabeth Cooke
17 The evolutionary ecology of nickel hyperaccumulation in Alyssum L. and related species Tom Flynn
17 Evolution of the Cerrado Marcelo Simon & Colin Hughes
17 Stryphnodendron fissuratum, a distinctive endangered tree of the South American cerrados John Wood
17 Andes to Amazon in search of Bromeliads Steven Heathcote
17 Molecular sequencing solves a taxonomic mystery Elizabeth Cooke & John R.I. Wood
17 Herbaria are the major frontier for species discovery Robert Scotland
17 Aglaia novelties from Papua New Guinea Caroline Pannell
17 John Sibthorp: teacher of botany Stephen Harris
18 Rapid Botanic Survey inside and outside the world’s botanic hotspots William Hawthorne & Cicely Marshall
18 Hunting Hairy Bittercress and other Carpathian Cardamine Steven Heathcote & Elizabeth Cooke
18 Following Linnaeus’s journey through Öland, via southern Sweden Rosemary Wise
18 Historic herbaria - going on-line Stephen Harris
19 Salicaceae and Achariaceae for Flora Peninsular Malaysia Caroline Pannell
19 Homology of the daffodil corona Robert Scotland
19 A diversity of conifers Aljos Farjon & Denis Filer
19 The sad history of a Bolivian Butterwort John Wood
19 The Japan Hotspot Tom Price
19 Mark Catesby’s collections in Oxford Stephen Harris
20 Plant Hunters – A threatened species: a point of view John Wood
20 Rapid Botanic Survey arrives in Ethiopia Cicely Marshall & William Hawthorne
20 The history of discovery of Aglaia (Meliaceae) in Australia Caroline Pannell
20 William Baxter’s 1812 botanical excursions around Oxford Stephen Harris
21 A lost plant re-discovered Keith Kirby
21 Identifying Ferdinand Bauer’s materials and methods Richard Mulholland
21 William Sherard: his herbarium and his Pinax Stephen Harris
21 Tropical important plant areas: deep, dry isolated valleys John Wood
21 Luehea morphometrics Caroline Pannell
22 Are half the specimens in the herbarium at Edinburgh wrongly named? David Harris
22 Where accuracy obscures truth: a point of view John R.I. Wood
22 Illustrations in the Morisonian Herbarium Stephan A. Harris
22 German contributors to Oxford University Herbaria Serena K. Marner
22 A smell in the air Keih Kirby
22 The rediscovery of long-lost Acanthaceae from the Himalayan region John R.I. Wood
23 An evaluation of taxonomists studying Ipomoea John R.I. Wood
23 Herbaria in the Botanic Garden Stephen A. Harris
23 A tale of two species Keith Kirby
23 Tropical rainforest dispersal biology in Far Northern Queensland Caroline Pannell
23 BRAHMS and BRAHMS Online Denis Filer
23 A visit to Bolivia to refind and reassess some recently described species John R.I. Wood
24 Roots in the Paleo Botanical Collection Alexander J. Hetherington and Liam Dolan
24 What did the Garden grow? Stephen A. Harris
24 Painting by numbers Rosemary Wise
24 George Claridge Druce's career as a botanist Serena K. Marner
24 Some are born rare, some have rareness thrust upon them Keith Kirby
24 Is there no end to it? John R.I. Wood
24 BRAHMS: Management of natural History Denis Filer and Andrew Liddell
25 Reflections on the first-year Biological Sciences BA field trip to Pembrokeshire, Wales Claudia Havranek
25 In Humboldt's tracks: reflections on an undergraduate field course in Tenerife Stephen A. Harris
25 Ghost forests, fire and sleeping beauties/Convolvulaceae John R.I. Wood
25 Degrees of nativeness Keith Kirby
25 Towards a taxonomy of taxonomists John R.I. Wood
25 Advances with BRAHMS mapping Denis Filer and Andrew Liddell
25 Thomas Shaw's eighteenth-century Levantine and Barbary plants Stephen A. Harris
26 Six years of integrated systematic studies on Ipomoea at Oxford Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez
26 Something new or something rare? John R.I. Wood
26 Recent Rapid Botanic Survey from West and East Africa William Hawthorne and Cicely Marshall
26 Ash dieback – what will it mean for the woodland ground flora? Keith Kirby
26 Researching hidden histories of women in botany Gem Toes-Crichton
26 First rules for the Fielding Herbarium Stephen A. Harris
26 Dillenius in Oxford Graham Avery
26 Druce Collection: autographs of British Botanists Serena K. Marner
26 A revelation in full colour John R.I. Wood and Rosa Villanueva-Espinoza
27 ‘Restoring indigenous names in taxonomy’ John R.I. Wood
27 Five decades of ground flora change Keith Kirby
27 What’s in a date? Stephen A. Harris
27 BRAHMS developments. Denis Filer
27 Early eighteenth-century botanical friendships Henrietta McBurney
27 Phylogeography of Aglaia elaeagnoidea in Australia Caroline Pannell
27 A new chorological map of the tropical African flora William Hawthorne
28 Two experiences of a field trip to Ecuador Pablo Muñoz-Rodríguez and John Wood
28 A field guide to Lauraceae in Ecuador’s Chocó-Andino “bear corridor” Tom Wells
28 Oxford and Rapid Botanic Survey (RBS) in inclement times William Hawthorne
28 Strobilanthes violifolia John R.I. Wood & Apurba Kumar Das
28 Aglaia elaeagnoidea: a complex tale Caroline Pannell
28 Innovations and project news with BRAHMS Denis Filer & Andrew Liddell
28 Virtual Plant Hunting John R.I. Wood
28 Ten Bamboo Studio collection of calligraphy and painting Sophie Wilcox
28 Oaks in Wytham Keith Kirby
28 Charles Elton’s herbarium Stephen A. Harris
28 Island specimens from Greenland, Saint Helena and the Seychelles Serena K. Marner

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