Scholia has an author profile for Karen Louise Wilson.

Karen Louise Wilson AM (born 1950) is an Australian botanist.^[1]

Some of her research interests are: systematics, phylogenetic and biogeographic studies on Cyperaceae, Casuarinaceae, Juncaceae and Polygonaceae.^[2] Other professional interests include botanical nomenclature; botanical history, biodiversity, informatics and scientific editing.^[2]

From 1973 to the present (As of 17 September 2018^[update]) she has worked at the Royal Botanic Gardens, National Herbarium of New South Wales, Australia.^[3] Wilson graduated from the University of New South Wales with an MSc in 1986.^[4]

The standard author abbreviation K.L.Wilson is used to indicate this person as the author when citing a botanical name.^[5]

She has published at least 105 species names according to APNI,^[6] while IPNI records some 107.^[7]

• Gymnanthera fruticosa K.L.Wilson (Gymnanthera cunninghamii) J. Adelaide Bot. Gard. 10(1): 113 (1987).
• Rhyncharrhena linearis (Decne.) K.L.Wilson, Telopea 2(1): 38 (1980) (now Vincetoxicum lineare)
• Baumea johnsonii K.L.Wilson, Telopea 1(6): 457 (1980).

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See also Taxa named by Karen Louise Wilson and the wikidata query for taxa named by Karen Wilson.

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• Plunkett, George; Wilson, Karen; Bruhl, Jeremy (2013). "Sedges in the mist: A new species of Lepidosperma (Cyperaceae, Schoeneae) from the mountains of Tasmania". PhytoKeys (28): 19–59. doi:10.3897/phytokeys.28.5592. ISSN 1314-2003. PMC 3881413. PMID 24399891.
• Rye, B.L., Barrett, R.L., Barrett, M.D., Bruhl, J.J., Clarke, K.L., Wilson, K.L. (2015) Five new species and a new combination in Cyperaceae from the Kimberley region of Western Australia. Nuytsia 26: 167-184.ISSN 0085-4417 PDF.
• Larridon, Isabel; Bauters, Kenneth; Semmouri, Ilias; Viljoen, Jan-Adriaan; Prychid, Christina J.; Muasya, A. Muthama; Bruhl, Jeremy J.; Wilson, Karen L.; Senterre, Bruno; Goetghebeur, Paul (2018). "Molecular phylogenetics of the genus Costularia (Schoeneae, Cyperaceae) reveals multiple distinct evolutionary lineages". Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution. 126: 196–209. doi:10.1016/j.ympev.2018.04.016. ISSN 1055-7903. PMID 29679713. S2CID 5028867.
• Thomson, S.A. et.al. (2018) Thomson, Scott A.; Pyle, Richard L.; Ahyong, Shane T.; Alonso-Zarazaga, Miguel; Ammirati, Joe; Araya, Juan Francisco; Ascher, John S.; Audisio, Tracy Lynn; Azevedo-Santos, Valter M.; Bailly, Nicolas; Baker, William J.; Balke, Michael; Barclay, Maxwell V. L.; Barrett, Russell L.; Benine, Ricardo C.; Bickerstaff, James R. M.; Bouchard, Patrice; Bour, Roger; Bourgoin, Thierry; Boyko, Christopher B.; Breure, Abraham S. H.; Brothers, Denis J.; Byng, James W.; Campbell, David; Ceríaco, Luis M. P.; Cernák, István; Cerretti, Pierfilippo; Chang, Chih-Han; Cho, Soowon; et al. (2018). "Taxonomy based on science is necessary for global conservation". PLOS Biology. 16 (3): e2005075. doi:10.1371/journal.pbio.2005075. ISSN 1545-7885. PMC 5851535. PMID 29538381.
• Musili, Paul M.; Bruhl, Jeremy J.; Wilson, Karen L. (2018). "Schoenus rupicola: a narrowly endemic species distinguished from S. melanostachys (Cyperaceae, Schoeneae) in eastern Australia". Australian Systematic Botany. 31 (3): 219. doi:10.1071/SB17046. ISSN 1030-1887. S2CID 90196364.
• Musili, Paul M.; Gibbs, Adele K.; Wilson, Karen L.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2016). "Schoenus (Cyperaceae) is not monophyletic based on ITS nrDNA sequence data". Australian Systematic Botany. 29 (5): 265. doi:10.1071/SB15046. ISSN 1030-1887. S2CID 89582913.
• Duke, Colin C.; Tran, Van H.; Duke, Rujee K.; Abu-Mellal, Abdallah; Plunkett, George T.; King, Douglas I.; Hamid, Kaiser; Wilson, Karen L.; Barrett, Russell L.; Bruhl, Jeremy J. (2017). "A sedge plant as the source of Kangaroo Island propolis rich in prenylated p-coumarate ester and stilbenes". Phytochemistry. 134: 87–97. doi:10.1016/j.phytochem.2016.11.005. ISSN 0031-9422. PMID 27890584.
• Jiménez-Mejías, Pedro; Luceño, Modesto; Wilson, Karen L.; Waterway, Marcia J.; Roalson, Eric H. (2016). "Clarification of the Use of the Terms Perigynium and Utricle in Carex L. (Cyperaceae)". Systematic Botany. 41 (3): 519–528. doi:10.1600/036364416X692488. ISSN 0363-6445. S2CID 89281001.

Karen L. Wilson and David A. Morrison (eds.) (1998) (1998) Monocots : systematics and evolution

In 2008, she received an AM (member of the Order of Australia) in the Queen's Birthday Honours for services to botany as a researcher and for the recording and documentation of Australian biodiversity.^[8][9] The citation lists the following achievements and services:^[9]

In addition she was a member of the organising committees for regional workshops on Global Taxonomy Initiative of Convention on Biological Diversity, a convenor of the Committee on Electronic Publishing and Databasing, International Association for Plant Taxonomy (1993-2005), a convenor of the International Conference on ‘Comparative Biology of the Monocotyledons’, Sydney (1998) co-editing the proceedings, and more.^[9]