Botanic Gardens Trust, Sydney, Australia

David Mabberley

Name
Professor David J. Mabberley MA, PhD(Cambridge), DPhil(Oxon)

Position
Executive Director, the Royal Botanic Gardens & Domain Trust

Research interests
Economic Plants, Rutaceae, Meliaceae, Labiatae, history of botany and botanical art

Keywords
Economic Plants, Rutaceae, Meliaceae, Labiatae

Current research projects

  • Monograph of Citrus (Rutaceae) 
  • Clerodendrum and allied genera (Labiatae) in Malesia and the Pacific

Key publications

  • Mabberley, D.J. (1997a) A classiification for edible Citrus. Telopea 7: 167-172.
  • Mabberley, D.J., D.A. Steane et al. (1997b) Phylogenetic relationships of Clerodendrum s.l. (Lamiaceae) inferred from chloroplast DNA. Syst. Bot. 22: 229-243.
  • Mabberley, D.J., D.A. Steane et al. (1999a) Molecular systematics of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae): ITS sequences and total evidence. Amer. J. Bot. 86: 98-107. 
  • Mabberley, D.J. (1999b ['1998']) Paradisus: Hawaiian plant watercolors by Geraldine King Tam. P;. viii-152. Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu [Essay, 'Where are the Wild Things?', and Appendix, 'Taxonomic Notes on the Plates' (pp. 1-11, 143-144) also issued separately with Foreword and Bibliography].  
  • Mabberley, D.J. and D.T. Moore (1999c) Catalogue of the holdings in the Natural History Museum (London) of the Australian botanical drawings of Ferdinand Bauer (1760-1826) and cognate materials relating to the Investigator voyage of 1801-1805. Bulletin of the Natural History Museum, Botanical Series 29: 81-226 + tab. 
  • Mabberley, D.J. (2000) Arthur Harry Church: the anatomy of flowers. Pp. 128 + 43 text figs and 62 colour plates. Merrell and the Natural History Museum. 
  • Mabberley, D.J. (2002) Joseph Banks (1743-1820) pp. 7173; Robert Brown (1773-1858) pp. 108110 in R. Aitken and M. Looker (eds) The Oxford Companion to Australian Gardens, Melbourne. 
  • Mabberley, D.J. (2004a) European discovery, classification and naming. Pp. 23-41, 108-110 in V. Sripathy (ed.) Red Cedar in Australia. Historic Houses Trust of NSW, Sydney [reprinted 2006; see also Insites Autumn 2004: cover, 2-4].   
  • Mabberley D.J., R. Bayer et al. (2004b) Phylogenetic relationships of the Australasian Citrus (Rutaceae-Aurantioideae). Botany 2004, Scientific Meeting Abstracts: 105.  
  • Mabberley D.J. and R.P.J. de Kok (2004c) Labiatae. Flore de la Nouvelle-Caledonie et Dependances 15: 20-141.  
  • Mabberley D.J. (2004d) Citrus (Rutaceae): a review of recent advances in etymology, systematics and medical applications. Blumea 49: 481-498.  
  • Mabberley D.J., B. Gravendeel & R. van der Meijden (2005) Een andere indeling van Plantenfamilies: nieuwe inzichten uit DNA-onderzoek. Pp. 12-19 in R. van der Meijden, Heukels' Flora van Nederland, 23rd edition. Wolters-Noordhoff, Groningen/Houten. 
  • Mabberley D.J. and B.E. Juniper (2006) The story of the apple. Pp. 219 + numerous text figs & 36 colour plates. Timber Press, Portland, Oregon & Cambridge, UK. 
  • Mabberley D.J., C.M. Pannell et al. (2007a) Meliaceae. Pp. 17-218 in E. Soepadmo et al. (eds) Tree Flora of Sabah & Sarawak 6. FRIM, Malqaysia etc. 
  • Mabberley D.J., E. Pignatti-Wikus & C. Riedl-Dorn (2007b) An extinct tree 'revived'. Curtis's Bot. mag. 24: 190-196. 
  • Mabberley D.J. (2008, in press) Mabberley's Plant-book. A portable dictionary of plants, their classification ad uses. Third edition. Cambridge University Press.  
  • Mabberley D.J. (2008) Mabberley's Plant-book. A portable dictionary of plants, their classification ad uses. Third edition. Pp. xviii + 1021. Cambridge University Press. 
    Mabberley D.J. (2009a, with R. BAYER et al.) A molecular phylogeny of the orange subfamily (Rutaceae: Aurantioideae) using nine cpDNA sequences. Amer. J. Bot. 96: 668-685.   
  • Mabberley D.J. (2009b) Exploring Terra Incognita. Science 324: 472.
  • Mabberley D.J. (2010a, with YUAN, Y-W. et al.). Further disintegration and redefinition of Clerodendrum (Lamiaceae): implications for the understanding of the evolution of an intriguing breeding strategy. Taxon 59: 125-133.
  • Mabberley D.J. (2010b) The international significance of Sydney’s kauri collection. Int. Dendr. Soc. Yrbk 2009: 103-108.
  • Mabberley D.J. (2011a) Meliaceae. In K. Kubitzki (ed.), Families & Genera of Vascular Plants 10: 185-211.
  • Mabberley D.J. (2011b) The role of a modern botanic garden: the evolution of Kew. Pl. Diversity & Resources 33: 31-38.

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