(a very few references only; see also under "Handbooks and Field Guides", and "Books on Major Plant Groups", above.)
Bailey, L.H. Hortus Third - A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada (revised edn). Collier Macmillan 1976. [Massive but very useful tome; provides an alphabetical listing of a huge number of genera and species and their cultivars or hybrids, although not exhaustive. Not illustrated. Library reference only.]
Bailey, L.H. Manual of cultivated plants (revised edn). Macmillan, 1949. [North American emphasis, but probably second best to Hortus Third.]
Barr, A. et. al. Traditional bush medicines - an Aboriginal pharmacopoeia. Greenhouse Publications, 1988. (256 pp.) [Very well illustrated with information on a wide range of medicinal plants of the Northern Territory. Vouchers are included with each species.]
Boland, D.J. Forest trees of Australia (timber information) - see under Handbooks, above.
Cribb, A.B. & J.W. Cribb Wild food in Australia. Collins, 1974. [Well-researched and informative; a few colour plates.]
Cribb, A.B. & J.W. Cribb Wild medicine in Australia. Collins, 1981. {Useful text; few illustrations.]
Elliot, G. Australian plants identified - a home gardener's guide to the identification of over 1000 commonly grown Australian native plants. Hyland House, 1990. (231 pp.) [The subtitle says it all; useful for generic identification across a range of families. An introductory chapter on plant classification and parts is followed by a colour-photo guide to over 200 genera; then sections on the major families and genera, with easy-to-use keys to the commoner genera, and some detail to species level for the very commonly grown species.]
Elliot, W.R. & D.L. Jones Encyclopedia of Australian plants (suitable for cultivation). Vols 1-6 (genera A - M; more vols pending). Lothian. [Popular treatment, alphabetical by genus and species; useful short descriptions and (intro volume) cultivation notes. Covers most native plants with horticultural potential. Many coloured photos and line illustrations.]
Gott, B. & J. Conran Victorian Koorie plants - some plants used by Victorian Koories for food, fibre, medicines, and implements. Yangennanock Women's Group, POB 666, Hamilton, Vic. 1991. (71 pp.) [There are few recent works on Aboriginal plant-use in the South-east of Australia. This one contains very brief plant and use descriptions, with good line drawings. A useful, albeit short, bibliography is included.]
Hartley, W. A Checklist of economic plants in Australia. CSIRO, 1979. [Provides the nearest thing to a standard list of common names for the species covered. No illustrations. Now largely superseded by Lazarides & Hince (below).]
House, A.P.N. & Harwood, C.E. (eds). Australian dry-zone Acacias for human food. CSIRO, 1992. (145 pp.) [A compendium of papers dealing with nutritional value, ecology, silviculture, Aboriginal use, and genetic variation in the relevant species.]
Isaacs, J. Bush Food - Aboriginal food and herbal medicine. Weldons, 1987. [Good to fair colour photos mostly showing details of Aboriginal use of plants and plant parts.]
Jackson, D.L. & S.W.L. Jacobs Australian agricultural botany. Sydney Uni Press, 1985. [Major crop and weed families and species.]
Lazarides, M. & B. Hince CSIRO Handbook of economic plants in Australia. CSIRO, 1992. [Similar to Hartley (above) but much expanded and updated; lists scientific and common names in use for economic and useful plants, both native and introduced, together with distribution (by state), habit, uses, and references. Includes quite a lot of Aboriginal uses.]
Low, T. Wild food plants of Australia. Angus & Roberston, 1988. [Useful text, good colour photos; tropical and arid zone emphasis.]
Low, T. Bush tucker - Australia's wild food harvest. Angus & Robertson, 1989. [Good text and excellent colour photos; tropical and arid zone emphasis.]
Low, T. Bush medicine: a pharmocopoeia of natural remedies. Collins/Angus & Robertson, 1990. [Very good colour photos and clear text; tropical and arid zone emphasis.]
Searle, S. The rise and demise of the Black Wattle bark industry in Australia. CSIRO, 1991 (42 pp.) [Nothing to do with identification, but a fascinating look at a bush industry based on Acacia mearnsii.]
Wightman, G. & M. Andrews Bush tucker Identikit. N.T. Gov't Printer, 1991. (65 pp.) [One of a growing series of "Plant identikit", illustrated pocket sized booklets for various regions. Good colour photos, brief descriptions, and notes on uses.]
Williams, N.M. & Baines, G. Traditional ecological knowledge - wisdom for sustainable development. Centre for Resource & Environmental Studies, ANU, Canberra, 1993. [Compendium of articles and bibliographies on Aboriginal and Islander knowledge of biological resources.]
Wrigley, J.W. & M Fagg Australian native plants (2nd edn). Collins, 1983. [Good short descriptions and cultivation notes. Plants are arranged by growth form; covers most native plants with horticultural potential. Some colour photos and line illustrations.]
Zola, N. & B. Gott Koorie plants Koorie People - traditional Aboriginal food, fibre & healing plants of Victoria. Globe Press 1992. (70 pp.) [ Very useful information on this topic - not a field guide.]
