Plant Names: A Guide To Botanical Nomenclature
Synopsis
This book is for: Professional botanists and horticulturists (including nurserymen, landscape managers and landscapers); Students of botany and horticulture; Keen amateur gardeners; Members of the legal profession dealing with plant names; People working with Plant Breeder’s Rights; Ecologists; and, Publishers of plant related journals and books.This 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 web sites and published resources useful to people using plant names.There is no equivalent publication in the English speaking world, and it has been well received by botanists at the Royal Horticultural Society and at the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, both in the UK. It incorporates the latest information in the most recently published “Botanical and Cultivated Plant Codes”,
# Paperback: 176 pages
# Publisher: CSIRO Publishing; 3Rev Ed edition (1 Nov 2007)
# Language English
# ISBN-10: 0643094407
# ISBN-13: 978-0643094406
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