State Herbarium of South Australia: Systematics of the Australian Flora

Research at the State Herbarium centres on the systematics, taxonomy, nomenclature and classification of Australian's native and naturalised flora (including algae, fungi and lichens).

Work of staff members and Honorary Research Associates ranges from the recognition of new species and resolution of species complexes in South Australia to more extensive Australia-wide or even global revisions.

Their work has in the past mainly involved traditional morphological study of herbarium and living material but is increasingly incorporating molecular techniques, often in collaboration with researchers at other institutions in Australia or overseas. Many research projects also investigate the evolution of the taxonomic groups they study. The State Herbarium publishes a taxonomic periodical, the Journal of the Adelaide Botanic Gardens.