Book ID: 32752
POOLE, A.L.
Southern Beeches. 1987. (DSIR Information Series, 162). illustr. X,148 p. gr8vo. Paper bd.
Contents: The author/ Preface/ Fagus: the 'true' beech; Nothofagus:the 'false'; the story unfolds/ Fagus: the 'true' beech/ New Zealand:tens of millions of years of isolation/ Australia: twenty thousandspecies of seed plants, three of southern beeches/ South America: Chileand Argentina/ New Guinea Highlands: the fagaceous refuge/ NewCaledonia: an enigmatic flora/ Southern beeches: Antarctica,Gondwanaland and beyond/ Species of beeches/ Selected references/Glossary/ Index.- Second hand copy.