Name That Flower: The Identification of Flowering Plants

This concise guide to identifying flowering plants covers aesthetic and botanical information about flora from around the world. Presented are illustrations and explanations of reproductive parts, variations in floral structure, and nomenclature and plant families. The dissection process for flowers, techniques of flower arranging, and methods of observing structure for identification are clearly described. Plant families common to Australia are illustrated with examples of cultivated and wild plants.

About the Author:
Ian Clarke works in the plant identification service at the National Herbarium of Victoria. He is a former tutor with the Council of Adult Education in Melbourne. Helen Lee is an honorary research fellow in botany at La Trobe University. She is a member of the Royal Society of Victoria and the Australian Systematic Botany Society.