''The Western Australian Flora: A Descriptive Catalogue'' was published by the
Wildflower Society of Western Australia
The Wildflower Society of Western Australia (Inc.) (WSWA) is a member of the Australian Native Plants Society (Australia) (ANPSA(A)). In each of the other states of Australia, there is a region of the ANPS(A) (each with slightly differing names) ...
, the
Western Australian Herbarium
The Western Australian Herbarium is the State Herbarium in Perth, Western Australia.
It is part of the State government's Department of Parks and Wildlife, and has responsibility for the description and documentation of the flora of Western Austr ...
,
CALM, and the
Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority
The Botanic Gardens and Parks Authority is a Government of Western Australia, Western Australian Government authority charged with the administration of Kings Park, Western Australia, Kings Park and Bold Park (Western Australia), Bold Park.
It wa ...
of
Perth
Perth is the capital and largest city of the Australian state of Western Australia. It is the fourth most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a population of 2.1 million (80% of the state) living in Greater Perth in 2020. Perth is ...
, 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
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Throughout the course of history, societal at ...
in 1969.
The publication of the book was an important stage of the cataloguing of details of flora in Western Australia.
The introduction of the book by Alex R. Chapman is available as a PDF file, at the external link at
FloraBase
''FloraBase'' is a public access web-based database of the flora of Western Australia. It provides authoritative scientific information on 12,978 taxa, including descriptions, maps, images, conservation status and nomenclatural details. 1,272 alie ...
.
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
The Interim Biogeographic Regionalisation for Australia (IBRA) is a biogeographic regionalisation of Australia developed by the Australian government's Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population, and Communities. It was devel ...
system.
After Beard's summary of Diels, Burbidge and Gardner in 1980 he established the three phytogeographic provinces - Northern, Eremaean, and
South West
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, 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
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Western Australia Flora, The
Botany in Western Australia
Florae (publication)
Western Australian literature
2000 non-fiction books