Kosciuszko Alpine FloraCsiro Publishing, 2000 - 392 Seiten Describes and illustrates the area's 212 flowering plants and ferns. Finalist Scholarly Reference section - The Australian Awards for Excellence in Educational Publishing 2001 Around Australia's highest mountain lies a rare ecosystem, an alpine area of outstanding beauty and diversity, strikingly different from other Kosciuszko Alpine Flora describes and illustrates the area's 212 flowering plants and ferns, of which 21 are endemic. It discusses the geological and human history of the area, the life-forms and habitats of the plants, and explores the various plant communities and their environmental relationships. The book contains identification keys, detailed descriptions, and distribution and habitat notes for each species. Superb colour photographs show details of flowers, fruit, foliage, and ecology. |
Inhalt
Alpine and subalpine environments | 1 |
Human history and the Kosciuszko flora | 9 |
Evolution of the Kosciuszko Alpine Area | 21 |
Plants and plant communities | 37 |
The Kosciuszko alpine flora | 75 |
Indentification and description | 213 |
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Kosciuszko Alpine Flora A. B. Costin,M. Gray,C. J. Totterdell,D. J. Wimbush Eingeschränkte Leseprobe - 2000 |
Häufige Begriffe und Wortgruppen
achenes Alpine and subalpine Alpine Area alpine tract Alps and associated anthers antrorsely apex appressed associated ranges Australian Alps basal base Bogong High Plains bogs Brindabella Range broadly brown calyx capitula capsule cm diameter cm high cm long conspicuous corolla Craspedia culms densely distally Distribution Notes dwarf elliptic Euphrasia collina exserted feldmark Flora florets fruit glabrous glumes green hairs heaths inflorescence involucral bracts keeled Kosciuszko Alpine Kosciuszko area leaves lemma ligule lobes margins mm long mountains of Tasmania narrowly Notes and Habitat oblanceolate obovate obtuse ovary ovate pale pappus pedicels peduncles perennial herb perianth petals petiolate pinnae plant puberulent pubescent reddish rhizomes scaberulous scabrid sepals sessile short alpine herbfield shorter shortly shrub slender slightly snowpatch sod tussock grassland solitary sparsely species spikelets stamens style subalpine tracts subequal subshrub subsp subtended tall alpine herbfield Tasmania tepals treeline tube underside upper usually utricles Victoria Zealand