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Flora of Australia Volume 51, Mosses 1

Flora of Australia 51, Mosses 1 cover

Flora of Australia Volume 51:
Mosses 1
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Description

This is the first of three volumes describing and illustrating more than 1000 species of Australian mosses. Together, these volumes represented the first national account of these diverse and ecologically significant organisms. The main features of the first volume are:

An introduction documenting 200 years of research on Australian mosses; moss classification and an overview of morphology and sexuality; an account of ecology and biodiversity; the origin and evolution of mosses; fossil bryophytes; and a key to the more than 300 genera of mosses known from Australia and its island territories.

The volume includes traditional, Flora of Australia-style descriptions of 22 families, 42 genera and 238 species and infra-specific taxa, including synonymy, specimen citations and notes on habitat and distribution. Distribution maps are provided for each species and infra-specific taxon, as well as more than 50 pages of line-art illustrating habit and anatomy and 64 colour photographs.

About this book

Book series: Flora of Australia
Publishers: Australian Biological Resources Study/CSIRO Publishing
Year: 2006
Authors: Various Authors, Illustrators & Photographers
Hardcover ISBN-10: 0 643 09240 4
Hardcover ISBN-13: 978 0 643 09240 2
Softcover ISBN-10: 0 643 09241 2
Softcover ISBN-13: 978 0 643 09241 9
Size: 250 × 176 mm (B5)
Number of pages: xx + 450 pages, index, glossary, bibliography
Binding: Hardcover and Softcover, section stitched
Illustrations: 64 colour plates, 52 black and white plates, 238 maps