Review

1 Pages·1998·0.27 MB·English

by  Adema, Frits

478 BLUMEA—Vol. 43, No. 2, 1998
Review
A.E. ORCHARD & P.M. MCCARTHY (eds.): Flora of Australia, Volume 12,
Mimosaceae(excl.Acacia),Caesalpiniaceae. CSIROPublishing, Victoria,Australia,
1998. XX + 213 pp., illus. ISBN 0-643-06298-X (hardback). Price: Aus$ 69.95,
US$69.95. ISBN0-643-06299-8(paperback). Price:Aus$ 54.95,US$ 54.95.
Thepresentvolumetreatstwo ofthesubfamiliesoftheLeguminosae: Caesalpinioi-
deae(as Caesalpiniaceae) andMimosoideae(excl. Acacia, as Mimosaceae). Of the
first subfamily 22 generawith 126species are treated,ofthe second 16generawith
43 species are dealtwith. Each(sub)family is describedandkeys to thegeneraare
given, as arekeys tothe species invarious genera.Inthe species-rich genus Senna
several cases ofinterspecific hybridisation are acknowledged by naming upto 15
‘formtaxa’withoutanytaxonomicstatus.
This handsome volume is produced along thewell known lines oftheFlora of
Australia formatand standards. Itis illustratedwith 78 colourphotographs, 96 line
drawings, and 188maps.
Thebookshouldfind itsway to allpeople withinterestin theLeguminosae or in
thefloraofAustralia.
Frits Adema