Flora of Australia

by Australian Biological Resources Study

Overview

Volume 37 of the Flora of Australia is the first of three volumes covering the family Asteraceae. This volume presents an introduction to the family in Australia, including a synoptic classification and keys, and treatments of all the tribes represented in Australia, with the exception of the large tribes Gnaphalieae and Astereae, which will each be the subject of a future volume of the Flora.

Nineteen tribes, 233 genera and 518 species are treated in this volume, of which the majority are introduced (only 47 genera include native species).

Asteraceae are the largest family of flowering plants, with over 1,600 genera and 24,000 species found on all continents except Antarctica, and also one of the largest families in Australia, with an estimated 290 genera and 1,430 species. The family is found throughout Australia, in all habitats, although scarce in rainforest.

Twenty-seven authors, illustrators and photographers have contributed to this volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780643096301
Publisher:	CSIRO Publishing
Publication date:	06/28/2009
Series:	Flora of Australia Series , #44
Pages:	420
Product dimensions:	6.80(w) x 9.70(h) x 1.10(d)

About the Author

Australian Biological Resources Study is a Program within Parks Australia Division of the Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities.

Table of Contents

Contributors to Volume 57; Illustrators and Photographers; Introduction
Arthoniales: Arthoniaceae; Chrystotricjaceae
Lecanorales: Lecanoraceae; Phioparmaceae; Parmeliaceae; Pyllopsoraceae; Sereocaulaceae; Lecanorales Incertae Sedis
Ostropales: Graphidaceae; Thelotremataceae; Ostropales Incertaw Sedis
Peltigerales: Nephropmataceae; Peltigeraceae
Pyrenulalaes: Celotheliaceae; Pyrenulaceae; Requienellaceae
Teloschistales: Letrouitiaceae; Physciaceae
Trypetheliales: Trypetheliaceae
Umbilicariales: Umbilicariaceae
Ascomycota Incertae Sedis: Theocarpaceae
Chaetothyriomycetida Incertae Sedis: Strigulaceae
Lecanoromycetida Incertae Sedis: Brigantiaeaceae
Maps; Appendix: New Taxa, Combinations and Lectotypifications; Abbreviations and Contractions; Publication Dates of Previous Volumes; Index

Editorial Reviews

The treatments are well researched and written and the pertinent diagnostic characters drawn to the high standards one expects from these authors. It is a most welcome and valuable addition to the bryologist's library." — John Steel, Australasian Bryological Newsletter, April 2007

"This publication is an essential reference for all those with an interest in bryophytes." — Alison Downing, Australian Systematic Botany Society Newsletter, September 2006

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