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Australian palms : biogeography, ecology and systematics / John Leslie Dowe

Author
Dowe, John L.
Published
Collingwood, Vic. : CSIRO Publishing, [2010]
Copyright Date
©2010
Physical Description
xi, 290 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), maps (some color) ; 27 cm

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Contents
Machine generated contents note: 1.Introduction -- Economic botany -- Endangerment and conservation of Australian palms -- 2.Early Documentation of Australian Palms -- European plant collectors and botanists in Australia before settlement -- Explorers, naturalists and botanists after settlement -- Allan Cunningham -- Carl Friedrich Phillip von Martius: Historia Naturalis Palmarum -- Ferdinand von Mueller -- Hermann Wendland and Oscar Drude: Palmae Australasicae -- George Bentham: Flora Australiensis -- Frederick Manson Bailey -- Karel Domin -- Odoardo Beccari -- Max Burret -- Post-1900 -- Recent contributions to Australian palm botany -- Summary -- 3.Historical Biogeography -- The Fossil record -- Australian and New Zealand palm fossils -- Climate change since the Late Cretaceous -- Co-occurrence of palm species in Australia and New Guinea -- Summary -- Systematic arrangement of fossil palm taxa from Australia and New Zealand -- 4.Distribution and Ecology -- Australian palms and their environments -- Palms in the landscape -- Phytogeographical regions in Australia -- Distribution patterns -- Remote species of Livistona -- Remote global distribution: Oraniopsis -- Lord Howe Island -- Ecological amplitude -- Climate -- Edaphic preferences -- Fire -- Fire and Livistona -- Cyclones -- Adaptation of palms to wind stress -- Altitude and elevational ranges of palm species -- Demography and population dynamics -- Population genetics -- Other ecological aspects -- Summary -- 5.Systematic Arrangement of the Australian Palm Flora -- Phylogenetic relationships of Australian palms -- Family description -- Key to subfamilies in Australia -- 6.Subfamily 1: Calamoideae -- Classification and relationships -- Calamus -- 7.Subfamily 2: Nypoideae -- Classification and relationships -- Nypa -- 8.Subfamily 3: Coryphoideae -- Classification and relationships -- Livistoninae -- Livistona -- Licuala -- Caryoteae -- Caryota -- Arenga -- Corypheae -- Corypha -- 9.Subfamily 4: Ceroxyloideae -- Classification and relationships -- Oraniopsis -- 10.Subfamily 5: Arecoideae -- Classification and relationships -- Cocoseae -- Cocos -- Areceae -- Archontophoenicinae -- Archontophoenix -- Basseliniinae -- Lepidorrhachis -- Linospadicinae -- Linospadix -- Laccospadix -- Howea -- Ptychospermatinae -- Ptychosperma -- Carpentaria -- Wodyetia -- Normanbya -- Rhopalostylidinae -- Rhopalostylis -- Hedyscepe -- Unplaced Areceae -- Hydriastele -- 11.Doubtful and Excluded Names -- 12.Field Identification of Australian Palm Species -- Checklist of genera and species -- Glossary -- Abbreviations -- Herbarium acronyms.
Summary
"Incorporating recent advances in biogeographic and phylogenetic research, this book provides a comprehensive introduction to the palm family Arecaceae, with reviews of botanical history, biogeography, phylogeny, ecology and conservation. Thorough descriptions of genera and species include notes on ecology and typification, and keys and distribution maps assist with field recognition. Colour photographs of habit, leaf, flowers, fruit and unique diagnostic characters also feature for each species"--NHBS Environment Bookstore.
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ISBN
9780643096158 (pbk)
0643096159 (pbk)
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-282) and index.
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