| Foreword | vii |
| Preface | 1 |
| Introduction | 2 |
| Aims and scope | 2 |
| Bibliography | 3 |
| Checklist | 3 |
| Names | 4 |
| Distribution | 4 |
| Habit | 5 |
| Conservation | 5 |
| Abbrevations | 6 |
| Acknowlegments | 7 |
| References | 7 |
| Conifers (Gymnosperms) | 9 |
| Distribution | 9 |
| Conservation | 11 |
| Taxonomy | 11 |
| Bibligraphies & checklists | 13 |
| Floras | 14 |
| Manuals | 14 |
| General titles | 15 |
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| Araucariaceae | 17 |
| Cephalotaxaceae | 27 |
| Cupressaceae s.l. (including Taxodiaceae) | 30 |
| Phyllocladaceae | 101 |
| Pinaceae | 103 |
| Podocarpaceae | 242 |
| Sciadopityaceae | 282 |
| Taxaceae | 283 |
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| Index to names of families and genera | 293 |
| Appendix I | |
| Summary of insufficiently known taxa (incertae sedis) | 295 |
| Appendix II | |
| Combinationum novarum summarium | 298 |
The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, United Kingdom, 1998, 298 pages, line drawings, bibliographies, index