Marco Duretto
Marco Duretto is a manager and senior research scientist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Sydney in Australia.
His primary research interests are systematics and conservation of Rutaceae, Rubiaceae, Orchidaceae, Stylidiaceae and evolution of Australasian flora.
Duretto's projects have included "Phylogeny and biogeography of Boronia ", "Mutual pollination system involving Boronia and moths of the Heliozelidae", "A molecular and morphological phylogeny of the Phebalium Group ", and "East coast species limits in Stylidium".
Marco Duretto was previously a research scientist with the University of Tasmania and before that was manager of plant science at the National Herbarium of Victoria.
Selected published names
- Asterolasia exasperata P.R.Alvarez & Duretto
- Asterolasia sola Duretto & P.R.Alvarez
- Boronia amplectens Duretto
- Cyanothamnus acanthocladus Duretto & Heslewood
- Drummondita borealis Duretto
- Leionema bilobum subsp. thackerayense Duretto & K.L.Durham
- Pterostylis extranea Janes & Duretto
- Zieria vagans Duretto & P.I.Forst.
- See also :Category:Taxa named by Marco Duretto
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Selected publications
- Barrett, R.L., Barrett, M.D., & Duretto, M.F. Four new species of Boronia from the Kimberley region of Western Australia.
- Duretto, M.F.. 49 Gunneraceae.
- Duretto, M.F. 87 Rutaceae.
- Choia, B.K. & Duretto, M.F. Correa alba Andrews var. rotundifolia DC.: an old name for a newly recognised variety endemic to south-eastern Tasmania.
- Duretto, M.F. & Forster, P.I. “A Taxonomic Revision of the Genus Zieria Sm. in Queensland.”
- Duretto, M.F., Durham, K.L., James, E.A., Ladige, P.Y. New subspecies of Leionema bilobum .
- Duretto, M.F. Notes on Boronia in eastern and northern Australia.
- Weston, P.H & Duretto, M.F.