Alan Millar
Position
Principal Research Scientist
Branch
Plant Sciences
Section
Plant Diversity
Email
alan.millar@rbgsyd.nsw.gov.au
Phone
+61 2 9231 8136
Fax
+61 2 9251 4403
Research interests
Taxonomy and systematics of marine algae from the southwestern Pacific and south-east Asia
Keywords
Algae, seaweeds, taxonomy, systematics, biogeography, threatened species
Current research projects
- Marine algae of New Caledonia (Claude Payri, Tahiti)
- Marine algae and invertebrates of southern NSW (George Wilson, Australian Museum)
- The red algal order Gelidiales of NSW (Wilson Freshwater, UNC)
- Threatened marine plants (IUCN)
- Marine brown algae of Lord Howe Island (Gerald Kraft, UMelb)
Key publications
- Millar, A.J.K. (1999) Marine benthic algae of Norfolk Island, South Pacific. Australian Systematic Botany12: 479-547.
- Millar, A.J.K. (1999) Marine algae of the North East Herald Cay, Coral Sea. (Proceedings of the 16th International Seaweed Symposium). Hydrobiologia 398/399: 65-74.
- Millar, A.J.K., De Clerck, O., Coppejans, E. & Liao, L. (1999). Annotated and illustrated survey of the marine macroalgae from Motupore Island and vicinity (Port Moresby area, Papua New Guinea). III Rhodophyta. Australian Systematic Botany 12: 549-591.
- Millar, A.J.K. and Xia Bangmei (1999). The genera Gracilaria and Gracilariopsis from Norfolk Island, South-western Pacific. In Taxonomy of Economic Seaweeds VII. Abbott, I.A. (Ed.) California Sea Grant Program. pp. 113-119.
- Kraft, G.T., Liao, L., Millar, A.J.K., Coppejans, E.G.G., Hommersand, M.H. and Freshwater, D.W. (1999). Marine benthic red algae (Rhodophyta) from Bulusan, Sorsogon Province, Southern Luzon, Philippines. Philippine Scientist 36: 1-50.
- Millar, A.J.K. (2000). Spirophycus acicularis, a new red algal genus and species in the Lophothalieae (Rhodomelaceae, Ceramiales) from eastern Australia. Phycologia 39: 87-95.
- Coppejans, E.G.G. and Millar, A.J.K. (2000). Marine red algae from the north coast of Papua New Guinea. Botanica Marina 43: 315-346.
- Jousson, O., Pawlowski, J., Zaninetti, L., Zechman, F.W., Dini, F., Di Guiseppe, G., Woodfield, R., Millar, A. and Meinesz, A. (2000). Invasive alga reaches California. Nature 9 Nov. 2000, vol 408: 157-158.
- Millar, A.J.K. (2000). Veleroa magneana, (Brongniartelleae, Ceramiales), a new red algal species from the Coral Sea, South Pacific. Cryptogamie, Algologie 21: 157-165.
- Millar, A.J.K. and Kraft, G.T. (2001). Monograph of the green macroalgal genus Rhipilia (Udotiaceae, Halimedales), with a description of R. crassa sp. nov. from Australia and the Philippines. Phycologia 40: 14 pages.
- Millar, A..J.K. (2001). The genus Sciadophycus (Rhodymeniaceae, Rhodophyta) from the Indo-Pacifc. Phycologia 10: 4 pages.
- Millar, A.J.K. and Nelson, W.A. (2002) The genera Nancythalia humilis gen. et sp. nov. (Delesseriaceae, Rhodophyta) and Abroteia J. Agardh from New Zealand. Phycologia 41: 245-253.
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