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Sadly, Ian Brooker, who for several decades was the peerless expert on eucalypt taxonomy, died a week ago.

So, for this week’s discussion, I am circulating Ian’s classification of the known eucalypts that he published in 2000, upon his retirement.

I am also including a critique that was published in the same issue of the journal, which mainly attacked his non-cladistic methods. The debate particularly centred on the status of Angophora relative to Eucalyptus and Corymbia.

The zipped package also includes a couple of recent molecular phylogenies (1 page each) that retrospectively clarify the relationships among those taxa.

Meet in University House, Fellows bar, at 5:30 pm. Look for the C&C sign outside either Graduate Lounge (enter from the cafeteria) or Forrest Room (enter at the north end of the bar).

Coopers and Cladistics is a long-running evolutionary biology discussion group held every second Thursday at University House, ANU. Please contact Mike Crisp if you would like to be included on the C&C email list.