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33: 234:. Her work demonstrated that, instead of producing nectar to attract pollinators, some orchid species mimicked female wasps with scent, visual and tactile cues so effectively that the male wasps preferentially copulate with (and pollinate) the orchids. Her work was republished internationally by Oxford biologist 222:
as well as newspapers and magazines. She published a singular book in her career about her observations on Victorian Wattles. She made significant scientific contributions to the study of many Australian species, including orchids, mistletoe, spiders, insects, birds and fish as well as papers on
190:, Surrey. She emigrated with her family to Australia in 1887 and became a school teacher. In 1898, she married James G. Coleman, a pioneering motorist and founder of the 1107: 1052: 754:
Allan McEvey, 'Coleman, Edith (1874–1951)', Australian Dictionary of Biography, National Centre of Biography, Australian National University,
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Coleman, E. (1930). The pollination of a second Australian orchid by the ichneumon Lissopimpla semipunctata Kirby (Hymenoptera, Parasitica).
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Coleman, E. (1938). Magic rain carpets the 'inland': Many and brave are the flowers of the inland - blooms of a 'desert' that is no desert.
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Clode, Danielle (2018). "Connecting collections and collecting connections: Reconstructing the life of Mrs Edith Coleman".
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Coleman was also an enthusiastic promoter of Australian (and English literature) in her writing and was regarded by
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Presland, Gary (2018). "The Wasp and the Orchid: the Remarkable Life of Australian Naturalist Edith Coleman".
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on 11 September 1922. She published over 350 popular and scientific articles from that time onwards in
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in orchids resolved a long-standing mystery in orchid pollination which had puzzled many, including
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Coleman, E. (1942). Notes on the Great Brown Stick-Insect: Part I - Development of eggs and young.
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Coleman, E. (1929). Across the continent to Perth: Impression of colour and vast distances.
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Coleman, E. (1933). Maternal Devotion: The Mother Scorpion-Spider's Life of Sacrifice.
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Coleman, Edith (1928). "Pollination of an Australian orchid by the male ichneumonid
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Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London Series A General Entomology
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Coleman, Edith (1928). "Pollination of an Australian orchid by the male ichneumonid
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The Wasp and The Orchid: The remarkable life of Australian Naturalist Edith Coleman
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The Wasp and the Orchid: The remarkable life of Australian naturalist Edith Coleman
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Come back in wattle time : an illustrated handbook to our Australian wattles
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Coleman, E. (1931). The Teachings of Nature: Lessons from Plants and Insects.
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Coleman, E. (1938). Further observations on the pseudocopulation of the male
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Coleman, E. (1951). The late Professor Oakes Ames (American orchidologist).
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in 1949. She became the first woman in history to ever receive this honour.
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Coleman, E. (1950). George Bass, Victoria's first explorer and naturalist.
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Coleman, E. (1945). The late Lt. Col. Bede Theodoric Goadby (WA botanist).
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as one of the foremost figures in Australian literature at the time.
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Coleman, E. (1926). Botanical renaissance: Forest orchids – autumn.
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Coleman, E. (1930). Pollination of some West Australian orchids.
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Australian naturalist, botanist, ornithologist and school teacher
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Coleman, E. (1937). Camouflage of the Spiny-cheeked Honeyeater.
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Coleman, E. (1948). Strewing herbs: Meadow Sweet or Bridewort.
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Coleman, E. (1938). Further notes on the Mountain Grasshopper,
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Coleman, E. (1951). Winter visitors to a Blairgowrie cottage.
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https://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/coleman-edith-9784/text17291
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Coleman, E. (1939). Leaflessness in Orchids (Cryptostylis).
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Kirby (Hymenoptera, Parasitica) with the Australian orchid C
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Coleman, E. (1949). Vascular anatomy of orchid flowers.
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Proceedings of the Royal Entomological Society of London
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Coleman, E. (1950). Further notes on the mistletoe.
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Coleman, E. (1948). Colour breeding in budgerigars.
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discovery of pseudocopulation in Australian orchids
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Canberra: National Centre of Biography, 31: 898: 463:Coleman, E. (1938). The huntsman spider ( 297:Coleman, E. (1922). Some Autumn orchids. 807: 284: 1108:British emigrants to colonial Australia 849: 826: 597: 407: 333: 1060: 767: 548:Coleman, E. (1946). The horse radish. 523:Coleman, E. (1945). Miss G. Nokes and 238:and acclaimed by Harvard entomologist 1021: 982: 679: 944: 880: 550:The Australasian journal of pharmacy 481:Coleman, E. (1938). One man's meat. 290:Coleman, E. (1920). Forest Orchids. 279:Australian Natural History Medallion 128:Australian Natural History Medallion 434:http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MU937060j 322:Coleman, E. (1928). Pollination of 174:who made important observations on 13: 1015: 868:10.1111/j.1365-2311.1929.tb01419.x 704:Australian Dictionary of Biography 696: 690: 428:Coleman, E. (1937). 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Woking
Sorrento
Author abbrev. (botany)
naturalist
nature writer
pollination syndromes
Woking
RACV
Blackburn, Victoria
Healesville
Sorrento, Victoria
Field Naturalists Club of Victoria
The Victorian Naturalist
pseudocopulation
Charles Darwin
Edward Bagnall Poulton
Oakes Ames
Rica Erickson
Herman Rupp
Jean Galbraith
Richard Sanders Rogers
Kate Baker
Australian Natural History Medallion
doi
10.1111/j.1365-2311.1929.tb01419.x
Come back in wattle time : an illustrated handbook to our Australian wattles
http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MU937313
http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/MU937060j
"George Bass, Victoria's first explorer and naturalist"

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