Name
Ken Hill BSc(Hons), MSc(UNE)

Position
Honorary Research Associate

Email
ken.hill@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au

Phone
+61 2 9231 8160

Fax
Fax: +61 2 9251 7231

Research interests
Systematics and evolution of Eucalypts (Eucalyptus, Angophora, Corymbia),  cycads and Cycas; floristic informatics

Keywords
Eucalypts, (Eucalyptus, Angophora, Corymbia),  cycads, Cycas, floristic informatics

Current research projects
1. Systematic studies of the eucalypts.
2. Systematics and biogeography of the cycads and the genus Cycas
3. Taxonomic and floristic informatics - New South Wales Flora Online and Australia's Virtual Herbarium

Key publications

• Gilmore, S. & Hill, K.D. (1997) Relationships of the Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis, Araucariaceae),and a molecular phyloeny of the Araucariaceae. Telopea 7(3): 275-292 .
• Hill, K.D. (1994). The Cycas media group (Cycadaceae) in New Guinea. Aust. Syst. Bot. 7(6): 527-541.
• Hill, K.D. (1994). The Cycas rumphii Complex (Cycadaceae) in New Guinea and the Western Pacific. Aust. Syst. Bot. 7(6): 543-567.
• Hill, K.D. (1995) The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in the Indian region, with notes on the application and typification of the name Cycas circinalis. Taxon 44: 23-31.
• Hill, K.D. (1995) The Wollemi Pine. Nature and Resources.
• Hill, K.D. (1996) A taxonomic revision of the genus Cycas in Australia. Telopea 7(1): 1-64.
• Hill, K.D. (1996) Cycads in the Pacific. In Keast, A. & Miller, S.E. (eds). The origin and evolution of Pacific Island Biotas, New Guinea to Eastern Pylynesia: Patterns and Processes. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam.
• Hill, K.D. (1997) Architecture of the Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis, Araucariaceae), A Unique Combination of Model and Reiteration. Austral. J. Bot. 45: 817-826.
• Hill, K.D. (1998) Introduction to the Gymnosperms; Coniferophyta; Cycadophyta, in Flora of Australia vol. 48, Ferns, Gymnosperms and Allied Groups, ed. A.E. Orchard (CSIRO: Canberra).
• Hill, K.D. (1999) A taxonomic revision of the White Mahoganies, Eucalyptus subgenus Monocalyptus section Renantheria series Acmenoides (Myrtaceae). Telopea 8(2).
• Hill, K.D. (1999) Epicuticular waxes and their taxonomic significance in the cycads. in Chen, C.J. (ed.),  Biology and Conservation of Cycads. Proc. 4th International Conference on Cycad Biology, May 1996, China (International Academic Publishers: Beijing).
• Hill K.D., Nguyen, H.T.& Phan, L.K. (in press) The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Vietnam. Mem. New York Botanical Garden.
• Hill, K.D. & Johnson, L.A.S. (1994). Systematic studies in the eucalypts, 6. A revision of the coolibahs, Eucalyptus subgenus Symphyomyrtus section Adnataria series Oliganthe subseries Microthecosae (Myrtaceae). Telopea 5(4): 743-772 .
• Hill, K.D. & Johnson, L.A.S. (1995). Systematic studies in the eucalypts, 7. A revision of the bloodwoods, genus Corymbia (Myrtaceae). Telopea 6(2-3): 185-504 .
• Hill, K.D. & Johnson, L.A.S. (1998) Systematic studies in the eucalypts, 8. A review of the eudesmioid eucalypts, Eucalyptus subgenus Eudesmia (Myrtaceae). Telopea 7(4): 375-414.
• Hill, K.D. & Osborne, R. (2001) Cycads of Australia (Simon & Schuster, Chatswood).
• Hill, K.D. & Stevenson, D.W. 1998, 1999. The Cycad Pages.
• Hill, K.D. & Yang, S.-L. (1998) The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in Thailand. Brittonia 51: 48-73 .
• Hill, K.D. (1994). The Cycas media group (Cycadaceae) in New Guinea. Aust. Syst. Bot. 7(6): 527-541.
• Hill, K.D. (1994). The Cycas rumphii Complex (Cycadaceae) in New Guinea and the Western Pacific. Aust. Syst. Bot. 7(6): 543-567.
• Hill, K.D. (1995) The genus Cycas (Cycadaceae) in the Indian region, with notes on the application and typification of the name Cycas circinalis. Taxon 44: 23-31.
• Hill, K.D. (1995) The Wollemi Pine. Nature and Resources.
• Hill, K.D. (1996) A taxonomic revision of the genus Cycas in Australia. Telopea
• Hill, K.D. (1996) Cycads in the Pacific. In Keast, A. & Miller, S.E. (eds). The origin and evolution of Pacific Island Biotas, New Guinea to Eastern Pylynesia: Patterns and Processes. SPB Academic Publishing, Amsterdam.
• Hill, K.D. (1997) Architecture of the Wollemi Pine (Wollemia nobilis, Araucariaceae), A Unique Combination of Model and Reiteration. Austral. J. Bot. 45: 817-826.
• Hill, K.D. (1998) Coniferophyta, in Flora of Australia vol. 48, Ferns, Gymnosperms and Allied Groups, ed. A.E. Orchard (CSIRO: Canberra).
• Hill, K.D. (1998) Cycadophyta, in Flora of Australia vol. 48, Ferns, Gymnosperms and Allied Groups, ed. A.E. Orchard (CSIRO: Canberra).
• Hill, K.D. (1998) Introduction to the Gymnosperms, in Flora of Australia vol. 48, Ferns, Gymnosperms and Allied Groups, ed. A.E. Orchard (CSIRO: Canberra).
• Hill, K.D. (1999) A taxonomic revision of the White Mahoganies, Eucalyptus subgenus Monocalyptus section Renantheria series Acmenoides (Myrtaceae). Telopea 8(2).
• Hill, K.D. (1999) Epicuticular waxes and their taxonomic significance in the cycads. in Chen, C.J. (ed.),  Biology and Conservation of Cycads. Proc. 4th International Conference on Cycad Biology, May 1996, China (International Academic Publishers: Beijing).
• Hill, K.D. (In press) Regional overview: cycad conservation in Australia, in Cycad Conservation Action Plan, IUCN Cycad Specialist
• Hill, K.D., Chase. M.W. & Stevenson, D.W. (In press) Molecular phylogeny of the Cycadophyta. Int.J. Plant Sci.
• Hill, K.D., Chen, C.J. & Hiep, N.T. (In press) Regional overview: cycad conservation in Asia, in Cycad Conservation Action Plan, IUCN Cycad Specialist Group.
• Hill, K.D., Johnson, L.A.S. & Blaxell, D.F. (2001) Systematic studies in the eucalypts, 11. New taxa and combinations in Eucalyptus section Dumaria (Myrtaceae). Telopea 9(2): 259-318.
• Johnson, L.A.S.  & Hill, K.D. (1999) Systematic studies in the eucalypts. 9. A review of the series Sociales (Eucalyptus subgenus Symphyomyrtus section Bisectaria, Myrtaceae). Telopea 8(2).
• Jones, W.G, Hill, K.D. & Allen, J.M. (1995) Wollemia nobilis, a new living genus and species in the Araucariaceae. Telopea 6(2-3): 173-176 .
• Kokubugata, K., Hill, K.D. & Kondo, K. (2000) Chromosome number and karyotype of two Cycas species (Cycadaceae, Cycadales). Ann. Tsukuba Bot. Gard. 19: 19-23.
• Kokubugata, K., Hill, K.D., Wilson.G.W, Kondo, K. & L.M.Randall (2001) A comparison of chromosome number and karyotype in somatic chromosomes of  Stangeriaceae (Cycadales). Edinb. J. Bot. 58: 475-481.
• Macphail, M., Hill, K., Partridge, A., Truswell, E. & Foster, C. (1995) `Wollemi Pine' - old pollen records for a newly discovered genus of gymnosperm. Geology Today 11(2): 48-49.
• Osborne, R.O., Stevenson, D.W. & Hill, K.D. (1999) A world list of cycads. in Chen, C.J. (ed.),  Biology and Conservation of Cycads. Proc. 4th International Conference on Cycad Biology, May 1996, China (International Academic Publishers: Beijing).
• Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney (2002). National Herbarium of New South Wales - Catalogue of Type Specimens.
• Shen, C.F., Hill, K.D., Tsou, C.H. and Chen, C.J. (1994). Cycas taitungensis C.F. Shen, K.D. Hill, C.H.
• Tsou & C.J. Chen, sp. nov. (Cycadaceae), a new name for the widely known cycad species endemic in Taiwan. Bot. Bull. Acad. Sin. 35:133-140 .
• Steyn, E.M.A, Smith, G.F. & Hill, K.D. (1999) Stangeriaceae. Species Plantatum: Flora of the World part 2: 1-9.
• Wardell-Johnson, G., Williams, J.E., Hill, K.D. & Cummings, R. (1997) Evolutionary biogeography and contemporary distributions of eucalypts. Chapter 5, in Williams, J. & Woinarski, J. (eds), Eucalypt Ecology: Individuals to Ecosystems. (Cambridge University Press) .