Plant Identification Bibliography

Useful references to help in identifying native and introduced plants and finding out about the Australian flora.

• Introduction
• Contents - this document
• Floras
  • National
  • New South Wales and Australian Capital Territory
  • Other states
• Handbooks and Field Guides - Geographical and Ecological
  • Australia-wide
  • South-eastern Australia (general)
  • Sydney District
  • New South Wales (non Sydney), incl. ACT
  • Victoria and South Australia
  • Tasmania
  • Queensland
  • Western Australia
  • Northern Territory and Central Australia
  • Lord Howe Island
• Books on Major Plant Groups
  • Acacias
  • Aquatic plants
  • Asteraceae (daisies)
  • [Bottle-brushes - see Myrtaceae]
  • [Bryophytes - see Cryptogams]
  • Caesalpiniaceae
  • [Callistemon - see Myrtaceae]
  • Carnivorous plants
  • Climbing plants
  • Cryptogams (mosses, lichens, liverworts, hornworts - see below for fungi)
    • General
    • Lichens
    • Mosses
    • Hepatics
  • [Eucalypts - see Myrtaceae]
  • Ferns
  • Fungi (and slime moulds)
  • Grasses
  • Gymnosperms (conifers, cycads)
  • Kangaroo Paws (Anigozanthos)
  • [Legumes - see Acacias, Pea-flowers, Caesalpiniaceae]
  • [Lichens, Liverworts, Hepatics - see Cryptogams]
  • Mallee plants
  • Mangroves
  • [Mosses - see Cryptogams]
  • Myrtaceae (incl. eucalypts, melaleucas, callistemons (bottle-brushes), leptospermums (ti-trees))
    • Eucalypts
    • Non-eucalypts
  • Orchids
  • Palms
  • Pea-flowers
  • Poisonous plants
  • Proteaceae
  • Rainforest plants
  • Rare & endangered plants
  • Sea-shore plants
  • Sedges & rushes
  • Weeds
• Evolution and Ecology of Australian Plants
• Censuses
• Cultivated, Economic and Useful Plants - including Aboriginal uses
• Reference Books on Taxonomy, Terminology and Nomenclature
  • Basic
  • More specialized
• Interactive Identification Resources - Computer Keys
  • DELTA data sets
  • Non-DELTA data sets

The Plant Identification Bibliography
was originally prepared by R.O. (Bob) Makinson

All additions and corrections to this bibliography are welcome.

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Updated 2 August, 2002 by Andrew Lyne

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