Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms. Pattern, Process and DiversityVolume 2: Southern Hemisphere Focus. 2024. illus. 750 p. g8vo. Hardcover.

Volume 2 covers genera with a predominantly Southern Hemisphere range.

- can be used as a ready-reference to dip into for genus-specific information, as well as providing a full environmental-evolutionary survey
- proposes a new holistic taxonomic structure, based on modern hylogenetic analyses
- answers questions such as, how did these forests and their ancient components originate? how have they survived? and how can they be successfully preserved for the future?

Preface and Acknowledgements/ Structure of the Two Volumes/ Part I. Aims, Approaches and Methodologies( Part II. Phylogenetic Bases and Revised Taxonomic Structure7 Part III. Living Arborescent Gynosperm Genetic Presentations: Fitzroya/ Cryptomeria/ Glyptostrobus/ Taxodium/ Sequoia/ Sequoiadendron/ Metasequoia/ Cunninghamia/ Taiwania/ Athrotaxis/ Araucaria/ Wollemia/ Agathis/ Podocarpus/ Retrophyllum/ Nageia/ Afrocarpus/ Dacrydium/ Dacrycarpus/ Falcatifolium/ Acmopyle/ Halocarpus/ Lagarostrobos/ Manoao/ Parasitaxus/ Prumnopitys/ Sundacarpus/ Pectinopitys/ Microcachrys/ Phaerosphaera/ Phyllocladus/ Saxegothaea/ Lepidothamnus/ IV. From Ecosystem Services to Conservation and Sustainability/ Bibliography/ Genus index.