Mr Craig Costion

Research Interests

My research is focused mainly in the following topics:

~ Floristics and Biogeography of Australasia and the Pacific

~ Tropical Plant Systematics and Taxonomy

~ Biodiversity Hotspot Science and Conservation

 

CURRENT PROJECTS    - Click on links below for Project Summary -

Tree DNA Barcoding

Phylogenetic Diversity of the Queensland Wet Tropics Flora

Establishing Status of Endemic and Threatened Plants in Micronesia

Biological Corridor and Landscape Restoration Planning in South Australia

The Great Australasian Floristic Interchange - ATBC Symposium in Bali 2010

 

Publications

Costion, C. (2009). New and Noteworthy Plant Records from Palau: An Annotated Checklist.

     Micronesica 41(1):1-19

 

Costion, C., A. Kitalong, & T. Holm (2009). Plant Endemism, Rarity, and Threat in Palau,

     Micronesia: A Geographical Checklist and Preliminary Red List Assessment.  Micronesica

     41(1):131-164

 

Kitalong, A. H., R.A. DeMeo, T. Holm, C. Costion, D. Lorence, & T. Flynn. (2008). Provisional  

     Checklist of Vascular Plants in Palau. Pages 196-226.  In: Native Trees of Palau. By Kitalong,

     A. E., R. A. DeMeo, & T. Holm. Self published by authors.

 

Costion, C. (In Press). Habenaria, Orchidaceae. In: The Flora of Arabia, Vol. 5(2). The  Royal 

     Botanic Garden Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland.

 

Costion, C. & A. Kitalong. (2006). Babeldaob Forest Survey 2005 Report. Belau National

     Museum Occasional Paper #061007. Koror, Palau.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Entry last updated: Friday, 22 Jul 2011