Flora of Australia Volume 1

Introduction

Second Edition

Flora of Australia Series

		Australian Biological Resources Study   Illustrations 670 pages Publishers: CSIRO PUBLISHING / Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) 1999

    Hardback - ISBN: 9780643059658 - AU $ 89.95

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Description
This volume provides an overview of the series and important background information on the flora of Australia. Chapters by leading scientists review the history of plant exploration in Australia and its literature, and provide concise biographies of major collectors and describers of Australia's plants, guides to the location of their collections and references to more detailed biographies. Current plant communities, the evolution and phytogeography of Australia's unique flora and the impact of human activities are all described. The volume concludes with a glossary of botanical terms, and a key to the families of Australian flowering plants.

Contents
Contributors to Volume 1
Illustrators
Photographers
Flora Editorial Committee

Section 1: Bibliography and Classification
Introduction
A History of Systematic Botany in Australia
Development of the Flora of Australia Project
Classification, Phylogeny and the Flora of Australia
Annotated Bibliography

Section 2: The Environment
Evolution of Australian Environments
Present Environmental Influences on the Australian Flora

Section 3: The Flora
Evolution of the Australian Flora: Fossil Evidence
Biogeography of the Terrestrial Flora
Present Vegetation Types
The Aquatic Flora
Terrestrial Wetlands and Waterplants
Mangroves
Marine

Section 4: Management
Utilisation of the Australian Flora
Images of Australian Plants
Conserving Australia's Flora

Section 5: Key and Glossary
Key to Families of Flowering Plants

Glossary
Abbreviations and Contractions
Index

Reviews
"The book is well written and beautifully illustrated. This very informative volume should find its way to the desks of all people interested in the flora of Australia. The editors and authors are congratulated with this well executed book."
Fritz Adema (BLUMEA, Vol. 45, No. 1, 2000)

". . . includes exceptionally comprehensive new essays and maps relating to the history of Australian plant taxonomy, the evolution of the Australian physical environment, paleobotany, present-day environment and vegetation communities, biogeography, and management. . . an excellent resource for those interested in Australian vegetation and its relationship to the physical environment."
CHOICE, September 1999

"The Introduction offers an excellent and up-to-date overview of the multifarious nature of floristics in Australia."
TAXON 48, August 1999

“The revised Introduction is a veritable goldmine of botanical information. It is scholarly and authoritative, and written sufficiently clearly and directly to engage any interested English-literate reader.”
Linden Gillbank, University of Melbourne (The Victorian Naturalist v.117 no.3 2000)

Related Titles

Flora of Australia Series