Andre Messina
Seedbank Botanist 聽
Andre Messina maintains and updates the plant identification website, , produced by 糖心影视, and oversees planning and collection of seed for the (VCS), which is located within the National Herbarium of Victoria. His work includes flora writing for VicFlora and the Flora of Australia online, preparing threatened species assessments, plant specimen collection for the Herbarium, as well as seed collection and storage, prioritising species for seed banking, and maintenance of the seed collection database for the VCS. His research interests are in the taxonomy of flowering plants in south-eastern Australia, principally in the daisy genus Olearia.
Publications
Messina A. 2025. Olearia apiculata (Asteraceae), a new species endemic to the Central Tablelands of New South Wales. .
Messina, A., Duval, D.J., Lang, P.J. (2024). Goodenia elongata Labill. (Goodeniaceae) is not present in South Australia. Muelleria, 42: 37鈥�39.
Messina A. (2023). Confirmation of Olearia aglossa (Asteraceae) in Victoria with notes on its distribution. Muelleria 41, 29鈥�33.
Messina A.听(2020).听Afrohybanthus bennettiae聽(Violaceae) a new combination for a rare violet from the Kimberley region.听Muelleria,听39, 15.
Hirst M. J.,聽Messina A., Delpratt J. & Murphy S.M. (2019). Raising rarity: hoticultural approaches to conserving Victoria's rare and threatened wildflowers.听Australasian Plant Conservation.聽27(4), 14鈥�16.
Messina A. & Walsh N.G. (2019). Reinstating聽Olearia stricta聽(Asteraceae) for an uncommon shrub from montane regions of South East Australia, and notes on聽O. ramulosa.听惭耻别濒濒别谤颈补听37, 109鈥�117.
Thiele K.R., de Salas M.F., Walsh N.G.,聽Messina A., Little R.J. & Prober S.M. (2018).听Viola curtisiae, a new rank for a poorly understood species, with notes on聽V. hederacea聽subsp.听seppeltiana.听Muelleria聽36, 107鈥�111.
Stajsic V., Walsh N.G., Douglas R.,听Messina A. & Molloy B.P.J. (2015). A revision of聽惭别濒颈肠测迟耻蝉听(Violaceae) in mainland Australia and Tasmania.听Australian Systematic Botany聽27, 305鈥�323.
Messina A., Walsh N.G., Hoebee S.E. & Green P.T. (2014). A revision of聽Olearia听蝉别肠迟颈辞苍听Asterotriche聽(ASTERACEAE: ASTEREAE).听Australian Systematic Botany聽27, 199鈥�240.
Messina A., Callahan D.L., Walsh N.G., Hoebee S.E. & Green P.T. (2014). Testing the boundaries of closely related daisy taxa using metabolomic profiling.听Taxon聽63, 367鈥�376.
Messina A., Walsh N.G., Hoebee S.E. & Green P.T. (2013). A morphological assessment of the聽Olearia phlogopappa聽complex (Asteraceae: Astereae).听Australian Systematic Botany聽26, 31鈥�80.
Messina A., Walsh N.G. & Whiffin T. (2010). Recognition of a new species of聽Pomaderris聽(Rhamnaceae) in eastern Victoria based on morphological and chemical data.听Muelleria 28, 136鈥�145.
Morgan J.W., Cowling E., Edwards L.M.P., Habraken R., Herifor A., Johnston A., Watson A., Cavanagh A., Heyes S., Hickman I., Clark G., Green P., Hoebee S., Kellow A., Shannon J., Cameron D., Messina A. & Parsons R.F. (2025). Plant species distributions across a sand depth gradient in a semi-arid landscape, western Victoria. The Victorian Naturalist 142, 43鈥�53.
Messina A., Hirst, M.J. & Walsh N.G. (2017). Getting by with a little help from my friends. Samara 30, 13.
Rumpff L., Coates F., Messina A. & Morgan J. (2008). Potential biological indicators of climate change: Evidence from phenology records of plants along the Victorian Coast. Arthur Rylah Institute Technical Report Series No. 175, Department of Sustainablity and Environment (Melbourne).
Gallagher R.V., Barrett S., Bell S.A.J., Copeland L.A., Dillon R., Gosper C.R., Keith D.A., LeBreton T.D., Mackenzie B.D.E., Messina A., Neldner V.J., Ngugi M.R., Nolan R.H., Ooi M.K.J., Tasker E.M., Tozer M., Walsh N.G., Yates C.J. & Auld T.D. (2023). Blackened roots and green shoots: emerging trends in decline and recovery in Australian plant species after the 2019鈥�20 wildfires. In: Rumpff L., Legge S.M., van Leeuwen S., Brendan A. Wintle B.A. & Woinarski J.C.Z. (eds): Australia's Megafires: Biodiversity Impacts and Lessons from 2019-2020. CSIRO Publishing, pp. 111鈥�126. 聽