Kelly Anne Shepherd
Kelly Anne Shepherd | |
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| Born | 1970 |
| Alma mater | University of Western Australia |
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| Fields | Botany |
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| Author abbrev. (botany) | K.A.Sheph. |
Kelly Anne Shepherd (born 1970) is an Australian botanist, who has published some 91 names.[1]
The standard author abbreviation K.A.Sheph. is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.[2]
Career
Shepherd earned a B.Sc. (Hon) in 1992 with a thesis entitled "Faecal Analysis of Mammalian Herbivores in the Perup Forest, Western Australia." and a Ph.D. ("Systematic Analysis of the Australian Salicornioideae (Chenopodiaceae)" in 2005, both from the University of Western Australia.[3][4]
From 2004 to 2005 she was a research scientist with the University of Western Australia and Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority. In 2006 she was a post doctoral researcher at the UK Millennium Seed Bank, working on seed dormancy on Australian species with undifferentiated species. From 2006 to 2009, she was a research scientist with the Western Australian Herbarium, where, since September 2009, she has been working as a senior research scientist.[3]
In Western Australia, Shepherd has served as a senior research scientist at the Western Australian Herbarium (Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions), contributing to vascular plant taxonomy and conservation.[5] In 2019–2021 she co-managed the golden-anniversary volume of Nuytsia, the journal of the Herbarium.[6] She received a Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship to examine historic Australian type collections in UK herbaria.[7]
Selected publications
- Shepherd, K.A. (2007). "Three new species of Tecticornia (formerly Halosarcia) (Chenopodiaceae: Salicornioideae) from the Eremaean Botanical Province, Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 17: 353–366.
- Shepherd, K.A. (2007). "Tecticornia indefessa (Chenopodiaceae: Salicornioideae), a new mat samphire (formerly Tegicornia) from north of Esperance, Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 17: 367–374.
- Shepherd, Kelly A.; Wilson, Paul G. (2007). "Incorporation of the Australian genera Halosarcia, Pachycornia, Sclerostegia and Tegicornia into Tecticornia (Salicornioideae, Chenopodiaceae)". Australian Systematic Botany. 20 (4): 319. doi:10.1071/SB07002. ISSN 1030-1887.
- Shepherd, K.A. (2007). "Pityrodia iphthima (Lamiaceae), a new species endemic to banded ironstone in Western Australia, with notes on two informally recognised Pityrodia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 17: 347–352.
- Shepherd, K.A. & van Leeuwen, S.J. (2007). "Tecticornia bibenda (Chenopodiaceae: Salicornioideae), a new C4 samphire from the Little Sandy Desert, Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 16 (2): 383–391.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Shepherd, K.A. (2008). "Tecticornia papillata (Chenopodiaceae: Salicornioideae), a new andromonoecious samphire from near the Carnarvon Range, Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 18: 259–266.
- Shepherd, K.A. & Wilson, P.G. (2008). "New combinations in the genus Dysphania (Chenopodiaceae)" (PDF). Nuytsia. 18: 267–272.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Shepherd, K.A. & Lyons, M.N. (2009). "Three new species of Tecticornia (Chenopodiaceae, subfamily Salicornioideae) identified through Salinity Action Plan surveys of the central wheatbelt region, Western Australia" (PDF). Nuytsia. 19 (1): 167–180.
{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - Shepherd, K.; van Leeuwen, S. (2011). "Tecticornia globulifera and T. medusa (subfamily Salicornioideae: Chenopodiaceae), two new priority samphires from the Fortescue Marsh in the Pilbara region of Western Australia". Telopea. 13 (1–2): 349–358. doi:10.7751/telopea20116026.
- Shepherd, K.A.; Thiele, K.R.; Sampson, J.; Coates, D.; Byrne, M. (2015). "A rare, new species of Atriplex (Chenopodiaceae) comprising two genetically distinct but morphologically cryptic populations in arid Western Australia: implications for taxonomy and conservation". Australian Systematic Botany. 28 (4): 234. doi:10.1071/SB15029. ISSN 1030-1887. S2CID 85903596.
- Shepherd, K.A. & Thiele, K.R. (2017). "Teucrium disjunctum, a new name for Spartothamnella canescens (Lamiaceae)" (PDF). Nuytsia. 28: 139–140.
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See also
- Category:Taxa named by Kelly Anne Shepherd
References
- ^ "Shepherd, Kelly Anne | International Plant Names Index". www.ipni.org. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ International Plant Names Index. K.A.Sheph.
- ^ a b "Kelly A. Shepherd—Biodiversity and Conservation Science, Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions". science.dpaw.wa.gov.au. Retrieved 31 July 2020.
- ^ Shepherd, Kelly A. "A systematic analysis of the Australian Salicornioideae (Chenopodiaceae)". University of Western Australia Library. Retrieved 3 March 2021.
- ^ "Western Australian Herbarium". DBCA. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "50 years of botanical discovery: a golden anniversary edition of Nuytsia" (PDF). DBCA. 2021. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
- ^ "The Australian Biological Resources Study Churchill Fellowship to examine historic Australian collections" (PDF). DBCA. 2014. Retrieved 19 August 2025.