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Senior Technical Officer (Plant Identification), WA Herbarium


Expertise

  • Botany
  • Computing (GIS and databases)

Brief CV

BSc in Plant and Microbial Science

Worked for 3 years at CALM in Biogeography as a technical officer undertaking Banded Iron Formation floristic surveys.
Worked for 3 years with the Department of Conservation, Southland, New Zealand doing botanical surveys & GIS projects.
Prior to university spent 9 years as a computer programmer, majority of programming in assembler and relational databases

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Projects

  • Flora Survey of the Banded Ironstone Formations in the Yilgarn Ranges

Publications (20)

Departmental Publications (20)

Found 20 items

2020

Dillon SJ, Barrett RL, Shepherd KA (2020). Corchorus fitzroyensis (Malvaceae: Grewioideae), a new, poorly known species from Western Australia’s Kimberley region. Nuytsia 31, pp. 83–87

Dillon SJ, Macfarlane TD (2020). Leeuwen’s lily (Arthropodium vanleeuwenii: Asparagaceae), a remarkable new discovery from the Pilbara, Western Australia. Nuytsia 31, pp. 265–269

Gibbons KL, Dillon SJ (2020). Paranotis halfordii (Rubiaceae: Spermacoceae), a new species from the Kimberley region of Western Australia, in a recently described Australian genus. Telopea 23, pp. 205–212

McLay T, Dillon S (2020). The golden-goo hibiscus (Hibiscus chrysinocolla, Malvaceae), a new species from Katjarra, Western Australia. Nuytsia 31, pp. 41–45

2019

Bull JP, Dillon SJ, Brealey DR (2019). Acacia corusca (Fabaceae: Mimosoideae), a new species from the Pilbara bioregion in north-western Australia. Nuytsia 30, pp. 19–22

2016

Butcher R, Dillon SJ (2016). Vigna sp. central (M.E. Trudgen 1626) (Fabaceae: Phaseolae) is not distinct from V. sp. Hamersley Clay (A.A. Mitchell PRP 113). Nuytsia 27, pp. 31–32

Dillon SJ, Markey AS (2016). Dysphania congestiflora (Chenopodiaceae), a new species from Western Australia. Nuytsia 27, pp. 133–138

Hughes O, Choudhury B, Shepherd KA, Dillon S, Jabaily RS (2016). Molecules to the rescue: clarification of new Australian wildflower species in Goodenia Clade B to facilitate conservation (POSTER ABSTRACT). In Botanical Society of America Botany 2016 Conference: Celebrating Our History, Conserving Our Future, July 28-August 3, Savannah, Georgia p. 1

2015

Markey AS, Cowan M, Dillon S (2015). Cane River Conservation Park bush blitz. Available at https://www.dpaw.wa.gov.au/about-us/science-and-research/publications-resources/111-science-division-information-sheets. 83/2015, 2 p.

2014

Dillon SJ (2014). Grevillea saxicola (Proteaceae), a new species from the Pilbara of Western Australia. Nuytsia 24, pp. 103–108

2012

Markey A, Dillon S (2012). Vascular flora of Cane River Conservation Park, Western Australia : a report to the Bush Blitz Program, Australian Biological Resources Study. Department of Environment and Conservation, Kensington, WA. 63 p.

2011

Markey AS, Dillon SJ (2011). Flora and vegetation of the banded iron formations of the Yilgarn Craton: northern Yerilgee Hills, Menzies. Conservation Science Western Australia 8, pp. 163–186

Markey AS, Dillon SJ (2011). Flora and vegetation of the banded iron formations of the Yilgarn Craton: the Johnston Range, Menzies. Conservation Science Western Australia 8, pp. 137–161

Markey AS, Dillon SJ (2011). Flora and vegetation of the banded iron formations of the Yilgarn Craton: Yalgoo. Conservation Science Western Australia 8, pp. 113–136

Markey AS, Dillon SJ, Cockerton GTB, Barker RM (2011). Sida picklesiana (Malvaceae), a new species from the Murchison-Gascoyne region of Western Australia. Nuytsia 21, pp. 127–137

2010

Markey AS, Dillon SJ (2010). Flora and vegetation of the banded iron formations of the Yilgarn Craton: Gullewa. Conservation Science Western Australia 7, pp. 531–556

Markey AS, Dillon SJ (2010). Flora and vegetation of the banded iron formations of the Yilgarn Craton: the Booylgoo Range. Conservation Science Western Australia 7, pp. 503–529

2009

Markey AS, Dillon SJ (2009). Flora and vegetation of the banded iron formations of the Yilgarn Craton: Herbert Lukin Ridge (Wiluna). Conservation Science Western Australia 7, pp. 391–412

2008

Markey AS, Dillon SJ (2008). Flora and vegetation of the banded iron formations of the Yilgarn Craton: the central Tallering Land System. Conservation Science Western Australia 7, pp. 121–151

Markey AS, Dillon SJ (2008). Flora and vegetation of the banded iron formations of the Yilgarn Craton: the Weld Range. Conservation Science Western Australia 7, pp. 153–178