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Grevillea in a state of flux

Peter Olde, Leader of Grevillea study group Peter joined the SGAP, as it was then, around 1979 and soon became President of Sutherland Group (3 years) and later President of NSW Region (3 years), subsequently holding the position of Vice-President for many years. He was the Exhibition Manager of Wildflower Shows held at Peakhurst in the 1980s. Peter is currently the President and delegate of Menai Wildflower Group. His tertiary qualifications include BA (Languages), Graduate of Dip. Ed. Uni of Sydney. After leaving university he was called up to national service and served in the Vietnam War as an intelligence operative. He was awarded the Australian Plant Medal in 2015 and the O.A.M. in 2020. He has had considerable experience as a company director, managing a private business for over 30 years after leaving his teaching career after two years. Peter is currently an honorary research scientist with the National Herbarium of New South Wales where he concentrates on the taxonomy of Grevillea, the third largest genus in the Australian Flora. Presentation topic: Australia’s third largest genus, Grevillea, in a state of flux Peter discusses the effects of various species concepts over time on the genus Grevillea and the significance of results of a recent molecular study which found Hakea deeply nested in Grevillea. Other important discoveries flowing from that study include the origin and age of the earliest evolved species and the surprising position of Grevillea endlicheriana at the base of the resultant phylogenetic tree.