Melbourne: CSIRO Publishing, 2023. Octavo, paperback, colour photographs, maps.

WAS $60. Provides keys to all 7 genera and 42 species of Western Australian mistletoes, including some Northern Territory species, with descriptions, images and distribution maps for all taxa

Mistletoes are fascinating, diverse, colourful and ecologically important plants, found in most parts of Western Australia. This is a guide to identification, mistletoe ecology, conservation, biogeography and evolution, including how mistletoes cope with fire. The book explores the relevance of mistletoes to the biodiversity of the communities in which they live, and provides information on their hosts and simple identification keys to species. Each species is illustrated and described in simple terms, with photographs illustrating the species and a map of its known distribution in Western Australia.