Linnaean
Tercentenary
Classification of the world’s
biodiversity is indebted to the Swedish naturalist and physician Carl
Linnaeus. He was the ‘father’ of our system of naming plants and
animals. One of his students, Daniel Solander (1733-1782), was a
naturalist, along with Joseph Banks, on the famous Endeavour voyage to
the Pacific and New Zealand under the command of Captain Cook in 1769.
Activities
in Dunedin
Symposium:
“Nature named & ordered” 30 August 2007,
Hutton Theatre, Otago Museum,
discussing
the life and works of Linnaeus and Solander, the Linnaean system of
classification, and the influence of new technologies on the
classification, origins and distribution of New Zealand’s biodiversity.
Exhibition on the legacy of Linnaeus and Solander to New Zealand
and it's unique biota, Otago Museum (opens late July).
Exhibition on Linnaeus, Prince of Botanists: his Works and Legacy,
Special Collections, de Beer Gallery, Central Library University of
Otago, 6 July - 28 September 2007.
Linnaeus-Solander
Nature Trail: Inauguration of Linnaeus-Solander Nature Trail
in the Dunedin Botanic Gardens (launch 27 July).
For
more information contact Professor Carolyn Burns, Department of
Zoology, University of Otago, PO Box 56, Dunedin 9054, Tel 03 479 7971
Email: carolyn.burns@stonebow.otago.ac.nz
Sponsors
include: The Swedish Embassy, Canberra; University of Otago, Otago
Museum, Otago Institute, Royal Society of New Zealand, Friends of the
Otago Museum, Landcare Research, Allan Wilson Centre, Community Trust
of Otago, Southland Building Society, the Botanical Society of Otago,
and the Dunedin Naturalists Field Club. Patron: Swedish Ambassador.
(To
register download the pdf
flyer)
In
this Symposium we learn about Linnaeus and his system of nomenclature,
and the influence of new technologies on the classification and
distribution of New Zealand’s biodiversity. The Symposium concludes
with the Cockayne Lecture 2007 by Dr Bill Lee, Landcare Research
“Birds
in Paradise: the role of birds in shaping New Zealand’s terrestrial
biodiversity”
Programme
9.30
am Registration
10.00 am Symposium start
SESSION
1
Carl Linnaeus: Physician, teacher, taxonomist –
his life & legacy - Dr E.R. Nye (Dunedin)
Daniel Carl
Solander: Linnaean Disciple in New Zealand - Dr E. Duyker (Sydney)
Linnaean
Natural theology and its aftermath - Prof. J. Stenhouse (Otago
University)
From
Linnaean hierarchies, to trees and microevolutionary processes (with
examples from New Zealand’s alpine flora) - Dr P.J. Lockhart &
Prof. D. Penny (Massey University)
SESSION 2
Linnaeus
and fungi: a New Zealand perspective - Dr S.R. Pennycook & Dr
D.J.
Galloway (Landcare Research, Auckland & Dunedin)
New
Zealand’s butterflies: from Linnaeus to the present - Mr B.H. Patrick
(Alexandra District Museum)
Sameness
and difference in a digital age: ancient DNA from Antarctic penguins
and extinct New Zealand birds -Prof D.M. Lambert (Massey University)
How
many species in New Zealand? - Dr D.P. Gordon (NIWA, Wellington)
SESSION
3
Cockayne
Memorial Lecture 2007 - 5.00 pm. Birds in Paradise: the role of birds
in shaping
New Zealand’s terrestrial biodiversity - Dr W.G. Lee (Landcare
Research, Dunedin)
