Plant Names
A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature
3rd Edition
Published on 4. December 2007
Book
Paperback/Softback
160 pages
978-1-84593-374-6 (ISBN)
Description
The book is a plain English guide to the use of plant names and the conventions for writing them as governed by the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. It covers the naming of wild plants, plants modified by humans, why plant names change, their pronunciation and hints to help remember them. The final section provides a detailed guide to websites and published resources. Plant Names incorporates the latest information and research in the recently published Botanical and Cultivated Plant codes in an easy to read format, and offers a definitive guide to using the myriad names, including marketing names, on plant labels.
More details
Edition
3rd edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Wallingford
United Kingdom
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Unsewn / adhesive bound
Dimensions
Height: 215 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 11 mm
Weight
340 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-84593-374-6 (9781845933746)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Content
Introduction: To the Codes of plant nomenclature Part 1: Wild Plants 1: Common names 2: Latin names, the binomial system and plant classification 3: The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature 4: The botanical hierarchy 5: Name changes Part 2: Cultivated Plants and Cultigens 6: The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants 7: Marketing names (trade designations) Part 3: Using Plant Names 8: Writing Plant Names 9: Pronunciation Part 4: Plant Name Resources 10: Books and websites to help with plant names 11: Accurate lists of botanical names 12: Families 13: Genera 14: Lists of validly published names, not necessarily current 15: Floras and checklists of currently accepted plant names 16: Trademarks 17: Appendix