Ms Nanette Hooker ~ Adjunct Principal Research Fellow

Nanette Hooker is a Curator of the JCT Herbarium, which occurs in Townsville, Room 230 Building 34. She is a botanist and a specialist in grasses in north Queensland.

Nanette has written many books on grasses, the latest one is "Grasses of Townsville", found here https://researchonline.jcu.edu.au/81169/. The aim of this book is to help students, researchers, conservationists and anyone else who is interested in the Poaceae family.

Grasses (Poaceae) are the world’s single most important source of food. They rank among the top five families of flowering plants in terms of the number of species, but they are clearly the most abundant and important family of the earth's flora.

 

 

Research Disciplines

• Plant biology (3108)

Socio-Economic Objectives

• environmental management (1899)
• plant production and plant primary products (2699)

These are the most recent publications associated with this author. To see a detailed profile of all publications stored at JCU, visit ResearchOnline@JCU. Hover over Altmetrics badges to see social impact.

Other research outputs

• Hooker N (2023) Grasses of Townsville: 2nd edition. James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
• Hooker N (2021) Grasses of the Burra Range. James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
• Hooker N (2016) Grasses of Townsville. James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
• Hooker N and Gardiner C (2012) Grass genera in Townsville. School of Marine and Tropical Biology, James Cook University, Townsville [Report]
• Hooker N (2010) Native Grasses for Revegetation in the Townsville Region. Coastal Dry Tropics Landcare, Townsville, QLD, Australia
• Hooker N (2009) Grasses of James Cook University, Townsville Campus Part B: generic descriptions and key to species. James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia
• Hooker N and Jackes B (2009) Grasses of James Cook University, Townsville Campus Part A: a pictorial key to grass genera in North Queensland. James Cook University, Townsville, Queensland, Australia