The Names of Plants
The Names of Plants
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The Names of Plants is a handy two-part reference for the botanist and amateur gardener. The book begins by documenting the historical problems associated with an ever-increasing number of common names of plants and the resolution of these problems through the introduction of International Codes for both botanical and horticultural nomenclature. It also outlines the rules to be followed when plant breeders name a new species or cultivar of plant. The second part of the book comprises an alphabetical glossary of generic and specific plant names, and components of these, from which the reader may interpret the existing names of plants and construct new names. For the third edition, the book has been updated to include explanations of the International Codes for both Botanical Nomenclature (2000) and Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (1995). The glossary has similarly been expanded to incorporate many more commemorative names.
- Provides an expanded glossary for interpreting plant names into English or constructing new names
- It outlines the rules to be followed when plant breeders name a new species of plant
- This third edition provides an explanation of the International Codes of both Botanical Nomenclature (2000) and Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (1995)
Reviews & endorsements
"...I judge a book, mostly, by how much I learn from it. And I learned a lot from this one." Systematic Botany
"The author has done an excellent job of creating a...very readable text...perfect for students...This small book holds an incredible amount of information...a handy reference for anyone learning about plants...Understanding the history behind the rules of nomenclature should help the professional, student, and gardener alike to comprehend why plants are named the way they are and why the names may change. I have already recommended the book to my classes in plant identification...It has been well received." Horticultural Science
Product details
December 2004Adobe eBook Reader
9780511055089
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7 b/w illus. 5 tables
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- Preface to the third edition
- The nature of the problem
- The size of the problem
- Towards a solution to the problem
- The rules of botanical nomenclature: family names, generic names, species names, epithets commemorating people, geographical epithets, categories below the rank of species, hybrids, synonymy and illegitimacy
- The international code of nomenclature for cultivated plants: graft chimaeras
- Botanical terminology: the glossary
- The glossary
- Bibliography.
