Discovering Australian Flora

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An Australian National Botanic Gardens Experience

Second Edition By: Fanny Karouta-Manasse

eBook - July 2022 - eRetailers

This beautiful book offers detailed insight into the wonders of Australia's botanical treasures.

Australia's complex, beautiful and diverse flora is showcased in stunning botanic gardens across the continent. Through exquisite colour photographs taken at the Australian National Botanic Gardens (ANBG) or during field trips with the National Seed Bank, Fanny Karouta-Manasse celebrates the minute and intriguing details of these plants. + Full description

This second edition of Discovering Australian Flora explains how plants are displayed in the ANBG according to themes and provides clear and simple geographical, historical and botanical information, including descriptions of plant characteristics. It also describes the unique features of Australian flora, such as their reliance on fire and ability to survive in poor soil, and looks in detail at the two dominant genera in the Australian landscape – Eucalyptus and Acacia.

Extensively updated with new photographs and a new chapter on conservation, this beautiful book offers detailed insight into Australia's native flora. It will appeal not only to visitors to the ANBG but to anyone with an appreciation and passion for nature's beauty and the wonders of Australia's botanical treasures.

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Reviews

"Now in its second edition, this beautifully presented book showcases Australia's diverse flora by taking readers on a tour of the heritage-listed Australian National Botanic Gardens in Acton, Canberra."
The Gardens, Summer 2022–2023

"This magnificent book explains how the Australian National Botanic Gardens display plants according to themes. [...] Discovering Australian Flora will appeal to anyone with an appreciation for Australia’s beautiful and diverse botanical treasures."
Australian Wildlife Volume 4, Spring 2022

"In some ways the book is a series of photo essays, but there are also thoughtful written sections, such as on the two great Australian tree genera, the eucalypts and the acacias, on fire ecology, endemism and sclerophylly, as well as the work of the seed bank. She is no ordinary photographer, seemingly equally comfortable working with extreme microscopic close-ups, landscapes and plant portraits with artistically hazy backgrounds."
Ian Fraser Natural History Reviews #31, November 2022

Details

Paperback | July 2022 | $ 35.00
ISBN: 9781486315840 | 136 pages | 210 x 210 mm
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Colour photographs

ePDF | July 2022
ISBN: 9781486315857
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
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ePUB | July 2022
ISBN: 9781486315864
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Features

Foreword by Ian Fraser
Showcases the beauty and diversity of Australia’s native plants in over 300 colour photographs
Provides an introduction to the unique features of Australian flora
Explains the five plant groupings used by the ANBG and includes a photographic list of the plant families found there
This second edition contains new photographs and a new chapter on conservation

Foreword
Acknowledgements
Introduction
The different plant groupings in the Gardens
The Australian flora: some characteristics and history
Conservation of Australian native flora
Some residents and visitors to the Gardens
In conclusion
Photos of plants listed by family
References
List of photographed species
About the author

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Authors

Fanny Karouta-Manasse studied plant biology and earned a PhD in marine ecology from Montpellier University in France. Since 2009, Fanny has volunteered at the National Seed Bank, combining her passions for nature and photography.