Dr Jo Birch
Senior Lecturer - Herbarium Curator
School of BioSciences
25 Scholarly works
7 Projects
HIGHLIGHTS
2026
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
Journal article
Phylogenomics and the rise of the angiosperms
DOI: 10.1038/s41586-024-07324-02024
Research grants (other domestic)
An Investigation of Asteliaceae (Asparagales) Systematics Based on Whole Chloroplast Genome Sequencing.
2020
Research Grant
Phylogenetic Inference of Caesia and Corynotheca (Asphodelaceae) and Taxonomic Clarification of an Australian Species Complex, Caesia Parviflora
2016
Research Grant
What's in a Genome? Capturing Nuclear Genomic Variation for Phylogenetic and Phylogeographic Study of Australian Asparagales Lineages
RECENT SCHOLARLY WORKS
2024
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.e1068832023
Journal article
Identification of herbarium specimen sheet components from high-resolution images using deep learning
DOI: 10.1002/ece3.10395
RECENT PROJECTS
2025
Research grants (other domestic)
Using AI to Accelerate the Registration of Museum Sciences Collections
2022
Research Grant
The Application of Diversity Arrays Technology (DArT) for Species Complex Resolution in Agaricus