Flora of Australia (series)
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The Flora of Australia is a 59 volume series describing the vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens present in Australian and its external territories. The series is published by the Australian Biological Resources Study who estimate that the series when complete will describe over 20 000 plant species.[1]
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[edit] Series
Volume 1 of the series was published in 1981, a second extended edition was released in 1999. The series uses the Cronquist system of taxonomy. The ABRS also published in the Fungi of Australia, the Algae of Australia and the Flora of Australia Supplementary Series.
[edit] Other Australian floras
A few censuses of the Australian flora have been carreid out, they include
- 1793-95 J. E. Smith Specimen of the Botany of New Holland
- 1804-05 J. E. Smith Exotic Botany
- 1804-07 J. J. H. de Labillardière Novae Hollandiae Plant. Spec
- 1810 R. Brown Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae
- 1814 R. Brown Botanical Appendix to Flinders' Voyage
- 1849 R. Brown Botanical Appendix to C. Sturt, Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia
- 1856 J. D. Hooker Introductory Essay, Flora Tasmaniae
- 1863-78 G. Bentham Flora Australensis
- 1882 F. Mueller Systematic Census of Australian Plants
- 1889 F. Mueller Second Systematic Census
- 1990 R. J. Hnatiuk Census of Australian Vascular Plants
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[edit] References
- ^ Orchard, A. E. 1999. Introduction. In A. E. Orchard, ed. Flora of Australia - Volume 1, 2nd edition pp 1-9. Australian Biological Resources Study ISBN 0-643-05965-2
