The names of plants
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The Names of Plants is an invaluable reference for botanists and horticulturalists. The first section gives an historical account of the significant changes in the ways that plants have been known and named. It documents the 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. The second section comprises a 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. With explanations of the International Codes for both Botanical Nomenclature (2000) and Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (1995), this edition contains a greatly expanded glossary, which includes the Greek, Latin, or other source of each plant name.
Title |
The names of plants / David Gledhill. [electronic resource] |
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Edition |
Fourth edition. |
Publisher |
Cambridge : Cambridge University Press |
Creation Date |
2008 |
Notes |
Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015). Includes bibliographical references (p. 421-423) and index. English |
Content |
The nature of the problem -- The size of the problem -- Towards a solution to the problem -- The rules of botanical nomenclature -- The international code of nomenclature for cultivated plants -- Glossary. |
Extent |
1 online resource (viii, 426 pages) : digital, PDF file(s). |
Language |
English |
National Library system number |
997010717500305171 |
MARC RECORDS
Tags
- Plants Nomenclature.
- Botany Dictionaries Latin (Medieval and modern)
- Latin language, Medieval and modern Dictionaries English.
- Botanical science
- Floristic botany
- Phytobiology
- Phytography
- Phytology
- Plant biology
- Plant science
- Botanical names
- Botanical nomenclature
- nne Botany Nomenclators
- nne Botany Nomenclature
- Latin names of plants
- Latin plant names
- Names of plants, Scientific
- Plant names, Latin
- Plant names, Scientific
- Plant species Nomenclature
- Plants Names
- Scientific names of plants
- Scientific plant names
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