| Project Title: |
Investigating the systematics and evolutionary relationships of acacia |
| Contact Person: |
Dr. Daniel Murphy - Molecular Systematist, Royal Botanical Gardens, Melbourne
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| Organisations completing the R&D: |
Royal Botanical Gardens Melbourne and the University of Melbourne |
| Funding organisations: |
Australian Research Council |
| Key Researchers: |
D. J. Murphy, P. Y. Ladiges and G. Brown
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| Goals of the research: |
To reconstruct the evolutionary relationships of Australian Acacia in order to generate a predictive classification
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| Relationship to the NUFG: |
The NUFG has provided plant material of Acacia for analysis and has supported grant applications we have made
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| Timeframes:
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The ARC funding ran from 2003 - 2006 for a specific part of the project. The project has been running so far for about 5 years, we began collaborating with the NUFG in 2002 when the NUFG wrote a letter of support for an ARC-Linkage grant application. However, the broad aims of the project are ongoing
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| Comments
from researchers:
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We have found our collaborations with the NUFG to be very valuable both in terms of access to plant material and ideas. The work that the NUFG is doing provides a practical example of the value of research being conducted on Acacia |
| Website: |
www.rbg.vic.gov.au/research_and_conservation/scientificcollections
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