''Flora of Australia'' is a 59 volume series describing the vascular plants, bryophytes and lichens present in Australia and its external territories. The series is published by the

Australian Biological Resources Study Australian Biological Resources Study (ABRS) is a project undertaken by Parks Australia Division of Australia's Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts (DEWHA). Background ABRS was founded in 1973 from the recommendations ...

who estimate that the series when complete will describe over 20 000 plant species.Orchard, A. E. 1999. Introduction. In A. E. Orchard, ed. ''Flora of Australia - Volume 1'', 2nd edition pp 1-9. Australian Biological Resources Study It was orchestrated by Alison McCusker.

Series

Volume 1 of the series was published in 1981, a second extended edition was released in 1999. The series uses the

Cronquist system The Cronquist system is a taxonomic classification system of flowering plants. It was developed by Arthur Cronquist in a series of monographs and texts, including ''The Evolution and Classification of Flowering Plants'' (1968; 2nd edition, 1988) ...

of taxonomy. The ABRS also published the ''Fungi of Australia'', the ''Algae of Australia'' and the ''Flora of Australia Supplementary Series''. A new online ''Flora of Australia'' was launched by ABRS in 2017, and no more printed volumes will be published.

Volumes published

:1. Introduction (1st edition) 1981 :1. Introduction (2nd edition) 1999

Other Australian floras

A few censuses of the Australian flora have been carried out, they include *1793-95 - J. E. Smith - ''

A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland ''A Specimen of the Botany of New Holland'', also known by its standard abbreviation ''Spec. Bot. New Holland'', was the first published book on the flora of Australia. Written by James Edward Smith and illustrated by James Sowerby, it was pub ...

'' *1804-05 - J. E. Smith - ''Exotic Botany'' *1804-07 - J. J. H. de Labillardière - ''Novae Hollandiae Plant. Spec'' *1810 - R. Brown - ''

Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen ''Prodromus Florae Novae Hollandiae et Insulae Van Diemen'' (Prodromus of the Flora of New Holland and Van Diemen's Land) is a flora of Australia written by botanist Robert Brown and published in 1810. Often referred to as ''Prodromus Flora Novae ...

'' *1814 - R. Brown - ''Botanical Appendix to Flinders' Voyage'' *1849 - R. Brown - ''Botanical Appendix to C. Sturt, Narrative of an Expedition into Central Australia'' *1856 - J. D. Hooker - ''Introductory Essay, Flora Tasmaniae'' *1863-78 - G. Bentham - ''

Flora Australiensis ''Flora Australiensis: a description of the plants of the Australian Territory'', more commonly referred to as ''Flora Australiensis'', and also known by its standard abbreviation ''Fl. Austral.'', is a seven-volume flora of Australia published be ...

'' *1882 - F. Mueller - ''

Systematic Census of Australian Plants The ''Systematic census of Australian plants, with chronologic, literary and geographic annotations'', more commonly known as the ''Systematic Census of Australian Plants'', also known by its standard botanic abbreviation ''Syst. Census Austral. ...

'' *1889 - F. Mueller - ''Second Systematic Census'' *1990 - R. J. Hnatiuk - ''Census of Australian Vascular Plants''

References

External links

''Flora of Australia'' online
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Volumes published

Other Australian floras

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