Dr Jo Birch
Senior Lecturer - Herbarium Curator
School of BioSciences
26 Scholarly works
8 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
Journal article
Irises in Antarctica again? An investigation into the distinctive biogeography of Libertia and Orthrosanthus
DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boag0532026
Journal article
Exploring the diversity of Peziza echinospora (Ascomycota, Pezizomycetes) and related species in Australia, with descriptions of the new species P. austroechinospora and P. meridionalis
DOI: 10.1080/00275514.2026.26161802025
Journal article
Hespi: a pipeline for automatically detecting information from herbarium specimen sheets
DOI: 10.1093/biosci/biaf0422025
Journal article
A nuclear phylogenomic tree of grasses (Poaceae) recovers current classification despite gene tree incongruence
DOI: 10.1111/nph.202632024
Research contracts (non-grants)
Macroalgae for the NBDL Marine Invertebrate, Macroalgae and Seagrass (MIMS) Campaign
2021
Research Grant
Resolving Taxonomic Boundaries in the Eastern Australian Caesia Parviflora (Asphodelaceae: Hemerocalidoiddeae) Complex
2020
Research Grant
Phylogenetic Inference of Caesia and Corynotheca (Asphodelaceae) and Taxonomic Clarification of an Australian Species Complex, Caesia Parviflora
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2024
Journal article
Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07324-02024
Dataset
Test datasets for evaluating automated transcription of primary specimen labels on herbarium specimen sheets
DOI: 10.26188/256489022024
Dataset
Classification of primary specimen labels on herbarium specimen sheets dataset
DOI: 10.26188/253020642024
Dataset
Field bounding boxes for primary specimen labels on herbarium specimen sheets
DOI: 10.26188/252644082024
Journal article
Genomic data resolve phylogenetic relationships of Australian mat-rushes, Lomandra (Asparagaceae: Lomandroideae)
DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boad0342023
Journal article
Mapping the Digitisation Workflow in a University Herbarium
DOI: 10.3897/rio.9.e106883
RECENT PROJECTS
2025
Research grants (other domestic)
Using AI to Accelerate the Registration of Museum Sciences Collections
2024
Research grants (other domestic)
An Investigation of Asteliaceae (Asparagales) Systematics Based on Whole Chloroplast Genome Sequencing.