Grasses of New South Wales, fourth edition By S.W.L. Jacobs, R.D.B. Whalley and D.J.B. Wheeler Published in 2008 by The University of New England, wiro bound, 450 pages Price $A80.00, plus $A12 postage within Australia [up to 3 kg], overseas postage please request a quote ISBN 9781921208225

The aim of this book is to help students, agriculturalists, other scientists and anyone else interested in vegetation to identify the many grasses growing in New South Wales. This edition now contains more than twice as much information as the earlier versions. It has introductory chapters on many aspects of grass biology and the mysterious world of keys and botanical nomenclature. Species descriptions and more illustrations are important additions to the text, as are updated name changes and new records.The authors bring together more than 100 years experience of Australian grasses in ecological and taxonomic research, as well as teaching.

About the authors

Dorothy Wheeler was formerly at The University of New England, Armidale, Surrey Jabobs is with the National Herbarium at the Royal Botanic Gardens in Sydney and Wal Whalley is with the School of Environmental Sciences and Natural Resource Management, The University of New England, Armidale.

Table of contents

• Acknowledgements
• Foreword
• Introduction
• List of abbreviations
• The grass family and its importance
• The grass plant
• How to examine a specimen
• How to use a botanical key
• Classification of the grasses
• Botanical nomenclature and voucher specimens
• Distribution of the grasses
• First key to genera
• Second key to genera
• Pictorial key to genera (includes section on decorative grasses)
• Genera and species (pages 107-400)
• Bibliography
• Glossary
• Index