Collectors And Illustrators Of The Australian Flora
I would like to thank Neville Marchant, Director of the Western Australian Herbarium which published the original list, for his support and permission to base this web site on the data within that publication. I also thank Tony Orchard, Director ... [... more]
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Flora Fraser
From her humble beginnings as the daughter of a countryside blacksmith, Emy Lyon went on to claim the undying love of naval hero Admiral Nelson, England's most famous native son. She served as model and muse to ... [... more]
Random House |
20 Percent Of British Flora At Risk Of Extinction
The absence of yellow flowers in summer fields is a result of the decline of corn marigold - just one of 345 native British plant species identified as facing the threat of extinction in The Vascular Plant Red Data List published on Monday. These ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Tea-Trees ( Genus Leptospermum )
George Bentham was the first to treat the genus in his 1866 Flora Australiensis. Bentham recognized 20 species and his comments that the "... species are very difficult to distinguish" and that from "the dried specimens, whether of the ... [... more]
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Waterwise Gardening
Water Conservation Strategies at the Australian National Botanic Gardens Growing, studying and promoting Australia's flora Some Drought Tolerant Native Plants at the ANBG Bibliography for Water-Wise Gardening resources [... more]
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Databases.
SpeciesLinks - a one-stop-shop linking to a range of botanical databases, just enter your plant name. Flora of Australia excluding Australia's Oceanic Islands (which families are on-line?) Australian National Herbarium Specimen Information ... [... more]
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Botanical Biodiversity Of Australia,
The following summary statistics have been compiled to give an indication of the diversity of the Australian vascular flora. The statistics are very much slanted towards the vascular plants rather than the bryophytes, the lichens and the fungi. ... [... more]
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Botanical Glossaries
The Flora of Australia glossaries are from the Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) and the Flora of New South Wales glossary is provided by the National Herbarium of New South Wales (Herbarium NSW). The copyright for both these ... [... more]
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Links To Australian Flora Sheet Music
Click on the blue tab in the NLA's header to get the the full music score to download (these are large files) This page links to files on the web site of the National Library of Australia. Sheet music from the National Library of Australia. Click ... [... more]
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Section Numbers
Overall Tasmanian species are not performing well in this area, due to cold and hot conditions. A re think of the whole area is needed. Maybe a good site for water reticulation system. Planting till 2008. Educational uses, bush foods, flora for ... [... more]
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Bibliography Of Plant Identification
Useful references to help in identifying native and introduced plants and finding out about the Australian flora. Myrtaceae (incl. eucalypts, melaleucas, callistemons (bottle-brushes), leptospermums (ti-trees)) Cryptogams (mosses, lichens, ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
Botanical Biodiversity Of Australia,
The following summary statistics have been compiled to give an indication of the diversity of the Australian vascular flora. The statistics are very much slanted towards the vascular plants rather than the bryophytes, the lichens and the fungi. ... [... more]
Australian National Botanic Gardens |
