The greening of Gondwana : the 400 million year story of Australia's plants
White, Mary E.1994
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Tells the fascinating story of Australia's floral heritage, frm its genesis through to the last stages of evolution, and the changes that have come with intrusions such as the white man with crops of exotic plants.
Main title:
The greening of Gondwana : the 400 million year story of Australia's plants / by Mary E. White and Jim Frazier
Author:
Imprint:
Chatswood Reed 1994
Collation:
256 p. colour illustrations
Contents:
Australia's geological background and Gondwanan inheritance - Australia's fossil flora - Life in the early seas - Life moves out of the water and onto the land - The giant clubmoss flora - The rhacopteris flora of primitive seed ferns - The glossopteris flora - The dicroidium flora - The age of conifers and cycads - Dawn of the angiosperms - Australia becomes the island continent, with a vegetation dominated by the flowering plants - Australia's modern flora
ISBN:
0730104753 (hbk)
Dewey class:
561.1994 GRE
Local class:
561.1994
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
2135
More Information:
| Location | Collection | Call number | Status/Desc |
|---|---|---|---|
| Penrith | Nonfiction | 561.1994 GRE | Available |