Australian Orchid Foundation

Funded Projects

361/2024

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 361/2024 Title: Attendance at Orchid Hybrid Registration Advisory Committee meeting in London 2024 Applicant: Ian Chalmers  Nomenclature Rules Regarding Intra Specific Ranks In accordance with the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP) the definition of a grex (hybrid) is: “grex (plural: grexes, or greges in classical Latin) a […]

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340/2021

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 340/2021   Title: Genetic diversity, mycorrhizal associations and the virome of Cryptostylis ovata, the Western Australian slipper orchid. Applicant: Dr Steve Wylie Institution:  Murdoch University, 90 South Street, Murdoch WA 6150   Cryptostylis is a poorly-studied genus of orchids consisting of about 25 species. The genus appears to be centered in

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339/2021

<< BACK TO PROJECT LIST Project: 339/2021 Title: Diversity and diversification of the Speculantha group (Tiny Greenhoods; Pterostylis subg. Speculantha [syn. Speculantha]) Applicant: Dr Russell Barrett, Dr Heidi Zimmer, Dr Mark Clements, Dr Katharina Nargar, Dr Lachlan Copeland, Dr Michael Mathieson, Mr Gavin Phillips, Dr Matt Renner Institution:  National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australian Institute of Botanical

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