Table Of Content

"8 BRIT.ORG/SIDA21(1) BOOKNOTICES FlorasandChecklists NathanSmitii,ScottA.Mori,AndrhwHi-:ndi:rson,DennisWm.StevensonandScott HEAEl)(eds,)2004,FloweringPlantsoftheNeotropics.(ISBN0-69M1694- 6,hbk.).PrincetonUniversityPress,41WilliamStreet,Princeton,NJ08540, U.S.A.(Orders:609-258-5714,609-258-1335fax).$75.00,616pp.,307color photos,258lineillus.,6tables,81/2"x11". TheAmericantropicsisoneoFthegreathotspotsofbiologicaldiversity,harboring35%oftheworld's Iloweringplants.Thismagnificentnewbookfromf^rincetonUniversityPressprovidesstandardtreat- mentsformorethan280(amiliesoffloweringplantsthatoccurinthisregion,andisthecuhnina- tionoftheworkof150botanistsfromaroundtheworld.Thegoaloftheeditorswastoprovidean authoritativereferencetoplantfamiliesthaiareknowntooccurmtropicalAmerica.Theyhaveac- complishedtheirgoal,asthisbookwillbeanessentialreferenceguideforanyoneintcresiedinlearn- ingabouttherichdiversityoftheneotropicalflora.Thetextdescribesfeaturesofeachfamily,the diversityolgeneraandspecies,classification,geographyecology,naturalhistory.andimportantuses. Stutruedsenatnsdldeeasrcnriinpgtitroonpsiceaslpefclioawlelryinusgefpulla.ntThfaemielxiceesllaenndt1ihdeeinrticfhiacraatcitoenriksetiycstowitlhleffianmdiltiheesftarmeialtyedfema- thebookandtheAidstoIdentificationinAppendixVwillbeofspecialinteresttoanyonewhowishes tolearntoidentilyneotropicalfloweringplantfamilies.Theeditorsalsoprovideotherusefulrefer- encetools,suchasacomprehensivebotanicalglossary,andcomparisonsoffamilyconceptsacross thevariousclassificationsystems,includingCronquist.Dahlgren,andJuddctal.Morethan300color photographsand250botanicallinedrawingsprovideexpertvisualaidsforidentifyingandlearn- iTnXga7b6o1u0t2-t4h0e6f0a.tnUihSeAs..-JohnjanovecBotanicaiResearchInstituteo/7exfls,509PecanS(reel,FortWort/i, R.J.PftheramandB.Kok.PhotographybyE.Bartlett-Torr2003.Plantsofthe KimherleyRegionofWesternAustralia.RevisedEdition.(ISBN1920694 04-8,pbk.)UniversityolWesternAustraliaPress.(Orders:International SpecializedBookServices,920NE58^'^Avenue,Ste.300,Portland,OR97213- 3786,U.S.A.,503-287-3093,503-280-8832fax,www.isbs.com.email: [email protected]).$40.50,553pp.,colorphotos,6"x81/2". PubliihcrComments:"FormanyyearsPhintsoftheKimherleyRegionofWesiernAuHraliahasbeen animportantresourceforpastoralmanagersandrangelandadvisorsinmanagingvegetationand land-usei.ssues.Thisrevisededitionincludeschangesto50plantnames,andalsoupdatestheintro- ductorysectionsabouttheKimbedeyregionandtheprinciplesofrangelandinanagement.The240 speciescoveredinthebookareorganisedinthreesections:grassesandherbs(llOJ,shrubs(40)and trees(90),andconstituteauniquefloranotdealtwithinanyothersinglevolume." "Vv'ithitsstraightforwardtextandexcellentphotographs,thisbookwillalsobeavaluableref- erencelorstudentsolecologyandrangescience,aswellasappealingtonature-lovers,conservation- istsandtravellersintheKimbedeyregion." CiiARLE.sM.Allen,DawnAllenNewman,andHarryWinters.2004.Grassesof Louisiana.ThirdEdition.(ISBN0-9718625-1-6,pbk.).Allen'sNativeVen- tures,LLC,5070Hwy399,Pitkin,LA70656,U.S.A.(Orders:337-328-2252, wbw/ww.nlaitnievdervaewntiunrgess,.7n"etx,1e0"m.ail:[email protected]).$20.00,374pp.,3maps, SIDA21(1):258.2004