WATTLE: Acacias of Australia
(Version 1.0, May 2001)

WATTLE is an interactive key and information system for 1165 taxa of Acacia occurring in Australia. This number includes all formally described species, subspecies and varieties, and several as-yet undescribed and informal taxa.

With WATTLE you will be able to:

• quickly and accurately identify any of the 1165 taxa of Acacia in Australia (using fresh or dry specimens, irrespective of whether they are in flower or fruit; even sterile material can often be named);
• easily access comprehensive information for each taxon, including a botanical description, and notes on their distribution, ecology and taxonomy;
• quickly navigate between related taxa using hyperlinks;
• for each taxon view a diagnostic line drawing (annotated to highlight critical features) and a distribution map;
• view supplementary drawings for around half the taxa.

The Flora of Australia Acacia volumes (11A and 11B) contain information similar to that which is in WATTLE. The principal differences are that WATTLE includes a few extra taxa, the diagnostic line drawings are annotated to show critical features, and supplementary line drawings are often provided. We have attempted to maintain consistency between the WATTLE and Flora data; however, some discrepancies do occur and in these cases the WATTLE information is normally the more current.

WATTLE has been developed through collaborative arrangements between the following agencies:

Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth, Western Australia (PERTH).   Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, Australian Capital Territory (ABRS).   National Herbarium of New South Wales, Sydney (NSW).   CSIRO Forestry and Forest Products, Australian Tree Seed Centre, Canberra (ATSC).   Queensland Herbarium, Brisbane (BRI).   Plant Biodiversity Centre, Adelaide, South Australia (AD)   National Herbarium of Victoria, Melbourne (MEL).   Northern Territory Herbarium, Darwin (DNA).

Authorship and citation

Authors

Coordinator: B.R. Maslin.

Other contributing authors: T. Tame, H. Coleman, M.W. McDonald, T. Spokes, M. O’Leary, N.G. Walsh, P.G. Kodela and K.Thiele.

Authors of individual taxon descriptions are indicated by initials at the end of each description and listed in the Acknowledgments.

Publishers

WATTLE is jointly published by the Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, and the Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth. It is available from CSIRO Publishing, Melbourne.

This work may be cited as:

Maslin, B.R. (coordinator) (2001). WATTLE: Acacias of Australia. CD-ROM, Version 1.0 (Australian Biological Resources Study, Canberra, and Department of Conservation and Land Management, Perth).

Assistance

For help and hints on getting started with WATTLE:

Read the General Information topic "Getting Started" (available when you have started the key: click the button labelled "General Information" in the tool bar of the main screen). This same information is also available in hardcopy in the User Guide booklet provided with this CD.

For further technical information concerning WATTLE contact:

Bruce Maslin, Department of Conservation and Land Management, Locked Bag 104, Bentley Delivery Centre, Western Australia 6983. Tel: (08) 93340510 or (08) 93340500 Int: +(618) 93340510 or +(618) 93340500. Fax: (08) 93340515 Int: +(618) 93340515. Email: brucem@calm.wa.gov.au

Use this same contact to provide us with feedback concerning the functionality and effectiveness of WATTLE, or to discuss specimens that cannot be named after using the key.

For information about Lucid (the software running this package):

See "About Lucid" and the Lucid Help in the help menu, after you have started the key.

WATTLE is available from:

CSIRO Publishing, PO Box 1139 (150 Oxford Street), Collingwood, Victoria 3066, Australia. Tel: (03) 9662 7666 Int: +(613) 9662 7666. Fax: (03) 9662 7555 Int: +(613) 9662 7555. Email: publishing.sales@csiro.au. Internet: www.publish.csiro.au

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