The Western Australian Flora: A Descriptive Catalogue Explained

The Western Australian Flora: A Descriptive Catalogue was published by the Wildflower Society of Western Australia, the Western Australian Herbarium, CALM, and the Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority of Perth, Western Australia.

Publication

At the time of publication in 2000 the number of published vascular plant species recognised had reached 9640 - almost double since the work of Beard in 1969.^[1]

The publication of the book was an important stage of the cataloguing of details of flora in Western Australia.^[2] The introduction of the book by Alex R. Chapman is available as a PDF file, at the external link at FloraBase.^[3]

Floristic regions

The front inside cover has an important distinctive map of Western Australian Biogeographic Regions and Botanical Provinces, after Creswell and Thackray 1995 - the authors of the IBRA system.

After Beard's summary of Diels, Burbidge and Gardner in 1980 he established the three phytogeographic provinces - Northern, Eremaean, and South West, and the map links in the relationship of these with the IBRA regions and sub regions.

Publication details

• Paczkowska, Grazyna and Alex R. Chapman (2000). The Western Australian Flora : a descriptive catalogue Perth, W.A: Wildflower Society of Western Australia : Western Australian Herbarium: Western Australian Botanic Gardens & Parks Authority (pbk.)

See also

• How to Know Western Australian Wildflowers
• Vegetation Survey of Western Australia

Notes and References

1. Web site: Western Australian Flora Statistics. Florabase.dpaw.wa.gov.au. 25 February 2019.
2. Web site: FloraBase - the Western Australian Flora. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080117224500/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/80568/20080118-0945/florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/publications/descat/index.html. dead. 17 January 2008. webarchive.nla.gov.au. 25 February 2019.
3. Web site: THE WESTERN AUSTRALIAN FLORA. https://webarchive.nla.gov.au/awa/20080117224500/http://pandora.nla.gov.au/pan/80568/20080118-0945/florabase.calm.wa.gov.au/publications/descat/fullintro.pdf. dead. 2008-01-17. PDF. Grazyna Paczkowska. Alex R. Chapman. Pandora.nla.gov. 25 February 2019.