Book ID: 114710
Davies, Jeanette and oth. (eds)
Flora of the Granite Belt. 2018. illus. (col.). X, 550 p. Paper bd.
Many people have been involved in the production of this book which was originally conceived by Paul Donatiu. The text for the final publication was prepared predominantly by Glenn and Jenny Holmes, with the assistance of Tony Bean, Bill MacDonald and Mike Mathieson. The species descriptions are based on extensive field research by Glenn and Jenny Holmes. A new species was discovered and described during the research, Homoranthus inopinatus L. Copeland, J. Holmes & G. Holmes. Queensland Herbarium data has been incorporated throughout (acknowledge: G. Guymer and P. Bostock).
Members of the Stanthorpe Rare Wildflower Consortium (the Consortium) created and maintained the original flora list (Paula Boatfield and Teresa Clifford), completed the formatting and layout (Paula Boatfield) and provided editorial assistance (Jeanette Davis, Teresa Clifford, Aki Green, Ian Milinovich Valerie Insall, Liz Bourne, Laura Maywald, Marg Wetsteyn). Contributing photographers included Ian Milinovich (major contributor), Paula Boatfield, Teresa Clifford, Aki Green, Glenn Holmes, Jenny Holmes, Valerie Insall, David James, Marg Wetsteyn and Dell Wham.
The Granite belt of the south-east Queensland is famous for a number of attributes, not least its remarkable wildflowers. The wonderful flora of the region is revealed in this magnificent book. The more familiar favourites are included along with other unique, little known and strikingle beautiful plant that grow in this fascinating area. There are a significant number of endemic species and many plants more typical of south-eastern Australia as a result of adaptations to the coller climate, poor soils and the variable topography dominated by granite outcrops.