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Dr Kristina Lemson

Lecturer

Staff Member Details
Telephone: +61 8 6304 5369
Facsimile: +61 8 9400 5509
Email: k.lemson@ecu.edu.au
Campus: Joondalup  
Room: JO19.344  
ORCID iD: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8342-9528

Kristina is a Lecturer in Biological Sciences in the School of Science.

Current Teaching

GEO1150 Geography and environment: people, pattern and process

SCI1187 Form and Function in Biology

SCI2116 Diversity of Life

SCI2118 Australian Biota

SCI3112 Evolution and Systematics

Professional Associations

Australian Systematic Botany Society

Research Areas and Interests

Evolution and systematics of the Ericaceae

Species delimitation in Halophila ovalis (Hydrocharitaceae)

Qualifications

  • Doctor of Philosophy, The University of Western Australia, 2002.
  • Bachelor of Science with Second Class Hons in Botany (Div A), The University of Western Australia, 1990.

Research Outputs

Journal Articles

Journal Articles

  • Prober, S., Thiele, K., Rundel, P., Yates, C., Berry, S., Byrne, M., Christidis, L., Gosper, C., Grierson, P., Lemson, K., Lyons, T., Macfarlane, C., O'Connor, M., Scott, J., Standish, R., Stock, W., Van Etten, E., Wardell-Johnson, G., Watson, A. (2012). Facilitating adaptation of biodiversity to climate change: a conceptual framework applied to the world’s largest Mediterranean-climate woodland. Climatic Change: an interdisciplinary, international journal devoted to the description, causes and implications of climatic change, 110(1-2), 227–248. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10584-011-0092-y.

Journal Articles

  • Lemson, K. (2011). Pollen Development in Cosmelieae (Ericaceae: Styphelioideae): Are Monads in Andersonia macranthera Unique?. International Journal of Plant Sciences, 172(5), 664-673. https://doi.org/10.1086/659461.

Journal Articles

  • Wagstaff, SJ., Dawson, MI., Venter, S., Munzinger, J., Crayn, DM., Steane, DA., Lemson, K. (2010). Origin, diversification and classification of the Australasian genus Dracophyllum (Richeeae, Ericaceae). Annals of the Missouri Botanical Garden, 97(2), 235-258.

Journal Articles

  • Lemson, K. (2007). New species of Andersonia (Ericaceae) of conservation concern. Nuytsia, 17(1), 195-213.

Research Projects

  • Mobilising ECU's Biodiversity data to the Atlas of Living Australia, Atlas of Living Australia, The ALA Australian Biodiversity Data Mobilisation Program, 2022 ‑ 2023, $20,000.
  • Making headway with Ericaceae – a contribution toward a Flora of Australia account of Epacridoideae, Department of Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry, National Taxonomy Research Grant Programme, 2019 ‑ 2021, $1,880.

Research Student Supervision

Associate Supervisor

  • Doctor of Philosophy, Austropuccinia psidii in Western Australia: understanding its potential impact through epidemiology and host responses

Co-principal Supervisor

  • Master of Science (Biological Sciences), Influence of micropropagation on the ontogenetic phases of paulownia
  • Master of Science (Biological Sciences), Phylogeography and population structure of the putative relict Reedia spathacea F. Muell. (Cyperaceae)

Associate Supervisor

  • Master of Science (Biological Sciences), Seed morphology, dormancy and germination of South-West Australian ericaceae
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