Australian Biological Resources Study

The thousands of visitors to the spring wildflower displays of the southwest of Western Australia are privileged to see one of the richest and most varied collection of species anywhere in the world, outside the rainforests of the tropics.

Now they are able to easily identify the plants that they see, with the publication of a two-volume work Flora of the South West: Bunbury–Augusta–Denmark by Judy Wheeler, Neville Marchant and Margaret Lewington. The books cover the flora of the wetter part of the south west (800–1000 mm of rain per annum), containing a staggering 2060 species in an area about 200km long and an average 50km wide.

The book contains a series of six identification keys, each based on a major flower colour. On working through the keys to a plant group, the user is presented with elegant thumbnail sketches to confirm the identification. The two volumes contain individual descriptions of the species, information about their distribution, conservation status and flowering times, and further sketches of their critical characteristics.

Because the area covered includes most of the major habitats of the broader south west (sandplains, Karri and Jarrah forest, Marri and Tuart woodlands, swamps and sedgelands), the books will be useful also in adjacent inland areas, and along the coast towards Albany. These attractively produced books are designed for use by enthusiastic amateurs, and should make future wildflower tours to this part of the country far more than an Ooh! Ahh! experience.

About the book
Two volumes in slip case
Size: 250 × 176 mm (B5), xiv + 972 pages (vol. 1: i–470, vol. 2: 470–972), index, glossary
Binding: hardcover, section stitched
Illustrations: all taxa illustrated

Set of 2 Hardcover available from http://www.uwapress.uwa.edu.au/books/florasw.htm
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University of Western Australia Press
Tuart House
Corner of Mounts Bay Road and Crawley Avenue
Nedlands WA 6009

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