Flora of Victoria Volume 1: Introduction
Edited by D.B. Foreman and N.G. Walsh
Published in 1992 by Inkata Press, b&w with colour plates, hard cover, 320 pages
ISBN 0909605769 or ISBN 9780909605766, ISBN 9780909605773 (set)
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Volume 1, Volume 2, Volume 3, Volume 4, Authors
This volume acts as an introduction to the series. It draws together the work of specialists in many different fields, providing a unique overview of Victoria's diverse plant communities and the key environmental factors that influence their growth and distribution. These factors include climate, geology, soils, fire and the encroachment of alien plants. The book is extensively illustrated with colour plates as well as black and white photographs and line drawings. About the authors
This is the first taxonomic volume of the four volume series. In recent years an enormous amount of new information has been published on the flora of Victoria and Australia generally. Several groups, such as orchids, have undergone critical evaluation resulting in the description of many new species. Detailed descriptions of more than 1300 species are accompanied by distribution maps and ecological information. Most species are illustrated by diagnostic line drawings. These drawings are supplemented by specially commissioned paintings. Keys are provided for the identification of all species, subspecies and varieties, and there is a comprehensive glossary of technical terms and abbreviations. About the authors
This is the second taxonomic volume of the Flora of Victoria series and contains descriptions of all Victorian species in the families Winteraceae to Myrtaceae. It draws together for the first time the results of nearly 200 years of taxonomic research on the Victorian flora. Combined with recently acquired ecological information and comprehensive distribution maps, Flora of Victoria provides the ultimate compendium of the plants of Victoria. Detailed descriptions of 1467 species in 332 genera and 65 families are accompanied by diagnostic line drawings, enriched by a selection of specially commissioned paintings. Keys are provided for the identification of all species, subspecies and varieties, and there is a comprehensive glossary of technical terms and abbreviations. About the authors
This is the third taxonomic volume of the four volume Flora of Victoria. It treats all native and naturalized dicotyledons in the families Cornanceae to Asteraceae. Detailed descriptions of 1336 species in 389 genera and 59 families are accompanied by diagnostic line drawings, enriched by a selection of specially commissioned paintings. Keys are provided for the identification of all species, subspecies and varieties, and there is a comprehensive glossary of technical terms and abbreviations.
Don Foreman has worked as a botanist at National Herbarium of Victoria since 1984. Prior to taking up this position he spent eight years tutoring and lecturing in the Botany Department of the University of New England while completing a postgraduate degree. From 1969 to 1975 Don worked with the Division of Botany, Department of Forests in Lae, Papua New Guinea, where he developed a lasting interest in rainforests. He also has particular interests in the Protaceae and primitive angiosperm families, and has published papers in these areas. More recently much of his time has been spent developing a database for the herbarium collections and editing the journal Muelleria.
Neville Walsh commenced work as a field survey botanist at the National Herbarium in Melbourne after graduating from Monash University in 1977. He has since participated in surveys of vegetation throughout much of Victoria, often collaborating with zoologists, and has undertaken postgraduate research in taxonomic botany. He has published accounts of the vegetation of central, eastern and alpine Victoria, descriptions of new plant species, and booklets on ferns of the Dandenong Ranges, and rare or threatened plants in Victoria.
Tim Entwisle graduated from The University of Melbourne in 1981 with an honours degree majoring in botany. After a year as a horticultural assistant at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Melbourne, he undertook post graduate study in the taxonomy of algae at La Trobe University. Between 1986 and 1989 he was a post-doctoral fellow at The University of Melbourne studying the taxonomy and ecology of algae in the Yarra River basin. Since 1990 he has worked at the National Herbarium of Victoria as a flora writer and editor, as well as continuing his research into freshwater algae. At the time of publication he was Senior Assistant Director Plant Sciences at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Sydney. He has published widely in plant taxonomy and enjoys writing and speaking about science and natural history.
