Karen Louise Wilson


Karen Louise Wilson is an Australian botanist.

Career

Some of her research interests are: systematics, phylogenetic and biogeographic studies on Cyperaceae, Casuarinaceae, Juncaceae and Polygonaceae. Other professional interests include botanical nomenclature; botanical history, biodiversity, informatics and scientific editing.
From 1973 to the present she has worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australia. Wilson graduated from the University of New South Wales with an MSc in 1986.

Names published

She has published at least 105 species names according to APNI, while IPNI records some 107.
  • Gymnanthera fruticosa K.L.Wilson J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 10: 113.
  • Rhyncharrhena linearis K.L.Wilson, Telopea 2: 38
  • Baumea johnsonii K.L.Wilson, Telopea 1: 457.

    Publications

Journal articles

Karen L. Wilson and David A. Morrison

Honours

In 2008, she received an AM in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to botany as a researcher and for the recording and documentation
of Australian biodiversity.
The citation lists the following achievements and services:
In addition she was a member of the organising committees for regional workshops on Global Taxonomy Initiative of
Convention on Biological Diversity, a convenor of the Committee on Electronic Publishing and Databasing, International
Association for Plant Taxonomy, a convenor of the International Conference on 'Comparative Biology of
the Monocotyledons', Sydney co-editing the proceedings, and more.