This volume contains accounts of 23 families, including some of the more primitive kinds of flowering plants. Many of the species described are from the rainforests of eastern Australia, and the majority are trees. The herbaceous taxa include the buttercups and clematis (Ranunculaeceae)
Analysis
Botany & plant science (Australia)
Reference works
Notes
At foot of t.p.: Australian Government, Department of Environment and Heritage
"Volume 2 describes 24 families of plants, representing some of the most ancient flowering plants known ... In all the volume contains 24 families, 95 genera, and 456 taxa at species and infraspecific level"--Dust cover