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EUCLID: eucalypts of Australia third editionBy M.I.H. Brooker, A.V. Slee, J.R. Connors and S.M. Duffy
Published in 2006 by CSIRO Publishing, DVD LuCID Key
Price $A140.00 plus $A7.00 postage within Australia, overseas postage please ask for a quote
ISBN 0643093354 or ISBN 9780643093355 |
This new edition of EUCLID is the definitive electronic identification and information system for all Australian eucalypts (895 taxa) and now includes flowering times. This edition has been expanded to include northern Australia and has an additional 2200 images.
Developed from the Australian National Herbarium database of 60,000 specimens, it comprises easy to navigate Fact Sheets for each species including a botanical description, common name, the formal scientific name together with nomenclatural synonyms, geographic and ecological information, and notes covering relationships, distinguishing features and other species it might be confused with. There are more than 9000 high quality colour images, and illustrations include photographs of the habit, bark, leaves, buds, seeds, flowers fruit and juveniles, and a distribution map.
The latest LucID Player ensures an easy-to-use and simple means of naming a eucalypt plant using whatever information is available. Characters cover the morphology and some geographic and ecological information to ensure the reliability of the key. It is designed for use by anyone, from professional researchers to the novice with a basic knowledge of plants, and is used widely by botanists and foresters, nursery workers, students and educators, land managers and farmers, horticulturists and gardeners.