Volume 05: Grasses, by E. Edgar and H.E. Connor. 2nd rev. ed. 2010. 12 col pls. 24 line - drawings. XLII, 23 & 650 p. gr8vo. Hardcover.

There are 190 native species and 230 naturalised grasses in New Zealand, and this Flora is about them. The book was first published in2000 and it has been revised and updated in this new second edition.Included are formal nomenclature, descriptions, distribution records,ecological information, and keys to genera. Appropriate revisions,DNA phylogenies, or taxonomic opinions published up to 30 June 2009 areincluded in this second edition. The structure is that of the main textof the 2000 edition with the addition of simple corrections of errorsand some changes that could easily be made within the text. Issuesrelating to modern nomenclature and generic placement aretreated in the Addenda. This book is an identification manual intendedfor all who are involved with grasses, plant and animal ecologists,farmers, commercial managers, weed controllers, conservationists,horticulturists, land-use specialists and soil conservators.