The first comprehensive, interactive key to the 181 genera of liverworts and hornworts known from Australia and New Zealand.
The latest web-integrated Lucid™ Player provides an easy-to-use interface, with comprehensive fact-sheets, including a list of diagnostic characters for each genus and numerous photographs of macroscopic and microscopic features.
Features
- An interactive key to the genera of liverworts and hornworts in Australia and New Zealand
- Diagnostic characters of each genus
- Genus descriptions along with details of habitat and distribution
- Checklists of species in Australia and New Zealand
- Literature references for each genus
- In most cases, enables the identification of sterile specimens
- More than 1000 photographs and drawings
- 90 characters to aid accurate identification
- A comprehensive glossary of technical terms accessible by hyperlinks
- An introduction that provides an overview of liverwort and hornwort biology, evolution, taxonomy and biogeography in the Australasian region
- Advice on how to collect and examine specimens
About this CD ROM
Electronic series
ABRS Identification Series
Publishers
Australian Biological Resources Study/
Centre for Biological Information Technology (CBIT)
Year
2005
Authors
D.Glenny
B.Malcolm
ISBN-10
0 642 56840 5
ISBN-13
978 0 642 56840 3
System requirements
- Windows 95/98/NT(SP6)/ME/2000/XP
- 16MB RAM; 32MB NT/2000/XP (32MB RAM or higher is recommended)
- Free Hard Disk space up to 52MB + Internet Explorer
- SVGA monitor (800 × 600 or better)
- CD ROM 4× speed or greater
- Mouse
- Internet Explorer (recommended) 5.0 or greater; or
- Mozilla Web Browser 1.0 or greater
- Internet connection (optional)
Available from
Centre for Biological Information Technology (CBIT)
Level 6
Hartley Teakle Building
The University of Queensland
Brisbane QLD 4072
Ph: (07) 3365 1851
Fax: (07) 3365 1855
Email: enquiries@cbit.uq.edu.au
International
Ph: 617 3365 1851
Fax: 617 3365 1855
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