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For the amateur naturalist, the classification of the plant kingdom can be very confusing, with at least four classification systems in common use. In its most basic form, the taxonomic tree is divided into the cellular plants (mosses, liverworts, hornworts, etc), and into the vascular plants. The vascular plants are further divided into spore producing plants and seed producing plants.
Our aim here is not to reproduce the myriad of information that is available in print and on the web, but to provided general information with images of plants that we like and can be found here in Australia.
All information provided is for your enjoyment only and may not be accurate enough for scientific or academic purposes. Although we try to ensure that information provided is correct, if you do find any error, please let us know.
As we add more images and information about Australian flora, we hope you enjoy our flora collection, images from our personal collections, contributors and other sources, offering an insight into what is Australia… enjoy…
Following are some of our most requested and popular pages on Flora:
- Flora Index (click here to see a current listing)
- Acacia
- Annual Yellowtop (Senecio gregorii)
- Australian Bluebell (Wahlenbergia gracilis)
- Birdsville Indigo (Indigofera linnaei)
- Blue Pincushion (Brunonia australis)
- Broad-leaf Drumsticks (Isopogon anemonifolius)
- Bush Banana (Marsdenia australis)
- Buttercup Pigweed (Portulaca intraterranea)
- Common Heath (Epacris impressa)
- Dead Finish (Acacia tetragonophylla)
- Desert Grevillea (Grevillea juncifolia)
- Desert Oak (Allocasuarina decaisneana)
- Drumsticks, Narrow-leaf (Isopogon anethifolius)
- False Shaggy Mane (Podaxis pistillaris)
- Fork Leaved Corkwood (Hakea divaricata)
- Grass Tree (Xanthorrea spp.)
- Green Bird Flower (Crotalaria cunninghamii)
- Grevillea
- Hakea
- Holly Grevillea (Grevillea wickhamii)
- Honey Grevillea (Grevillea eriostachya)
- Long Leaved Corkwood (Hakea lorea)
- MacDonnell Ranges Cycad (Macrozamia macdonnellii)
- Maireana scleroptera
- Mistletoe (Loranthaceae)
- Mountain Devil (Lambertia formosa)
- Orange Spade Flower (Hybanthus aurantiacus)
- Parrot Pea (Crotalaria cunninghamii)
- Pink Rock-wort (Sedopsis filsonii)
- Poached Egg Daisy (Polycalymma stuartii)
- Portulaca
- Ptilotus
- Quandong (Santalum acuminatum)
- Rattlepod Grevillea (Grevillea stenobotrya)
- Red-capped Gum (Eucalyptus erythrocorys)
- Red Mulga (Acacia cyperophylla)
- Resurrection Fern (Cheilanthes lasiophylla)
- Round-leaf Wattle (Acacia strongylophylla)
- Spike Centaury (Schenkia australis)
- Spinifex (Triodia)
- Sturt’s Desert Pea (Swainsona formosa)
Flora:
Scientific Classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Divisions:
Green algae
• Chlorophyta
• Charophyta
Land plants (embryophytes)
• Marchantiophyta — liverworts
• Anthocerotophyta — hornworts
• Bryophyta — mosses
Vascular plants (tracheophytes)
• Rhyniophyta — rhyniophytes
• Zosterophyllophyta — zosterophylls
• Lycopodiophyta — clubmosses
• Trimerophytophyta — trimerophytes
• Equisetophyta — horsetails
• Pteridophyta — ‘true’ ferns
• Psilotophyta — whisk ferns
• Ophioglossophyta — adderstongues
• Seed plants (spermatophytes)
• Pteridospermatophyta — seed ferns
• Pinophyta — conifers
• Cycadophyta — cycads
• Ginkgophyta — ginkgo
• Gnetophyta — gnetae
• Magnoliophyta — flowering plants
Image (featured at top): Eucalypt woodland forest, Mount Kaputar, NSW © Ausemade PL