Mabberley's Plant-book: A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses
Cambridge University Press
Edition: 4, 6/22/2017
EAN 9781107115026, ISBN10: 1107115027
Hardcover, 1120 pages, 23.5 x 12.3 x 4 cm
Language: English
Mabberley's Plant-book is internationally accepted as an essential reference text for anyone studying, growing or writing about plants. With some 26,000 entries, this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every family and genus of seed-bearing plant (including conifers), plus ferns and clubmosses, besides economically important mosses and algae. The book combines taxonomic details and uses with English and other vernacular names found in commerce. The third edition was recognised in the American Botanical Council's annual James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award for 2008 and the International Association for Plant Taxonomy's Engler Medal in Silver for 2009. In this new edition, each entry has been updated to take into consideration the most recent literature, notably the greater understanding resulting from molecular analyses; over 1400 additional entries (including ecologically and economically important genera of seaweeds) have been included, ensuring that Mabberley's Plant-book continues to rank among the most practical and authoritative botanical texts available.
Introduction
How to use this book and get most out of it
The dictionary
Appendix
system for arrangement of extant vascular plants
Acknowledgement of sources
1. Floras and handbooks, websites
2. Periodicals
Abbreviations and symbols (used in this book)
1. General
2. Authors' names
New names used in this book.