Author: Liberty Hyde Bailey
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048620796X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
With "knowledge, authority, charm and eloquence," author explains reasons for scientific nomenclature, history of terms, components, other helpful material.
How Plants Get Their Names
Author: Liberty Hyde Bailey
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048620796X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
With "knowledge, authority, charm and eloquence," author explains reasons for scientific nomenclature, history of terms, components, other helpful material.
Publisher: Courier Corporation
ISBN: 048620796X
Category : Nature
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
With "knowledge, authority, charm and eloquence," author explains reasons for scientific nomenclature, history of terms, components, other helpful material.
The A to Z of Plant Names
Author: Allen J. Coombes
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604691964
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Botanical names can be baffling to even the most experienced gardener. But a plant's botanical name is more than just a handy label—it can tell a plant's country of origin, the shape of its leaves, the color of its petals, and much more. The A to Z of Plant Names clears the confusion and allows every gardener to name plants with confidence. This comprehensive yet handy guide features the botanic names of the plants that gardeners really grow. Additional information includes suggested pronunciation, the common name, the derivation of the scientific name, the number of species currently accepted, the type of plant and the distribution. The A to Z of Plant Names helps demystify names, provides readers with the intriguing background information to naming conventions, and empowers gardeners everywhere to feel confident about naming plants.
Publisher: Timber Press
ISBN: 1604691964
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 313
Book Description
Botanical names can be baffling to even the most experienced gardener. But a plant's botanical name is more than just a handy label—it can tell a plant's country of origin, the shape of its leaves, the color of its petals, and much more. The A to Z of Plant Names clears the confusion and allows every gardener to name plants with confidence. This comprehensive yet handy guide features the botanic names of the plants that gardeners really grow. Additional information includes suggested pronunciation, the common name, the derivation of the scientific name, the number of species currently accepted, the type of plant and the distribution. The A to Z of Plant Names helps demystify names, provides readers with the intriguing background information to naming conventions, and empowers gardeners everywhere to feel confident about naming plants.
Plants and Their Names
Author: Roger Hyam
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198661894
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Lists more than sixteen thousand scientific and vernacular plant names, and describes name origins and the characteristics of plants
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN: 9780198661894
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 545
Book Description
Lists more than sixteen thousand scientific and vernacular plant names, and describes name origins and the characteristics of plants
Plant Names
Author: Roger Spencer
Publisher:
ISBN: 1486311458
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
An easy-to-read introduction to the world of plant names and how to write, pronounce and remember them.
Publisher:
ISBN: 1486311458
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 169
Book Description
An easy-to-read introduction to the world of plant names and how to write, pronounce and remember them.
Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners
Author: William Thomas Stearn
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304364695
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Stearn's classic dictionary of the meaning and origin of some 6,000 botanical names
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304364695
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Stearn's classic dictionary of the meaning and origin of some 6,000 botanical names
Flora
Author: DK
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744046319
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Let the experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens guide you around the beautiful and mysterious world that is the plant kingdom. From regulating the air we breathe to providing food, clothes, fuels, and medicines - plants are fundamental to our lives. Discover an extraordinary diversity of species, which includes a grass that grows a meter a day, roots that breathe air, and "queen of the night" cactuses whose rare blooms vanish before dawn. In a combination of art and science, Flora celebrates plants from majestic trees to microscopic algae, explaining how they germinate, grow, and reproduce. It presents species that have evolved to accommodate pollinating insects such as the foxglove, and plants that have adapted to flourish in even the most hostile of habitats. Pierre-Joseph Redoute in the 18th-century was described as the "Raphael of flowers". Flora showcases his botanical paintings as well as those of Georg Ehret and others in this gorgeous visual celebration of plants through the ages. Whether you are a keen gardener, naturalist, or botany student, this beautiful book is a treat that will entice, inform, and amaze.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 0744046319
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 440
Book Description
Let the experts at the Royal Botanic Gardens guide you around the beautiful and mysterious world that is the plant kingdom. From regulating the air we breathe to providing food, clothes, fuels, and medicines - plants are fundamental to our lives. Discover an extraordinary diversity of species, which includes a grass that grows a meter a day, roots that breathe air, and "queen of the night" cactuses whose rare blooms vanish before dawn. In a combination of art and science, Flora celebrates plants from majestic trees to microscopic algae, explaining how they germinate, grow, and reproduce. It presents species that have evolved to accommodate pollinating insects such as the foxglove, and plants that have adapted to flourish in even the most hostile of habitats. Pierre-Joseph Redoute in the 18th-century was described as the "Raphael of flowers". Flora showcases his botanical paintings as well as those of Georg Ehret and others in this gorgeous visual celebration of plants through the ages. Whether you are a keen gardener, naturalist, or botany student, this beautiful book is a treat that will entice, inform, and amaze.
The Names of Plants
Author: D. Gledhill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521523400
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
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.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9780521523400
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 340
Book Description
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.
Tropical Plant Collecting
Author: Scott A. Mori
Publisher: Tecc Editora
ISBN: 9788565005005
Category : BOTANICA.
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Tropical Plant Collecting provides field biologists with information about carrying out fieldwork in tropical America, gathering botanical collections, managing specimens in herbaria, making information about plants available on the Internet, and raising money to fund both expeditions and the preparation of floras and monographs. The book is based on over 40 years of tropical plant collecting in Central and South America by the senior editor and his colleagues. Although traditional field and herbarium techniques are discussed, the book emphasizes how new techniques provided by digital photography, databases, and the Internet have revolutionized plant collecting and data presentation in systematic botany. The audience for this book is tropical biologists and students who, as part of their research, need to gather botanical specimens to document their scientific studies.
Publisher: Tecc Editora
ISBN: 9788565005005
Category : BOTANICA.
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Tropical Plant Collecting provides field biologists with information about carrying out fieldwork in tropical America, gathering botanical collections, managing specimens in herbaria, making information about plants available on the Internet, and raising money to fund both expeditions and the preparation of floras and monographs. The book is based on over 40 years of tropical plant collecting in Central and South America by the senior editor and his colleagues. Although traditional field and herbarium techniques are discussed, the book emphasizes how new techniques provided by digital photography, databases, and the Internet have revolutionized plant collecting and data presentation in systematic botany. The audience for this book is tropical biologists and students who, as part of their research, need to gather botanical specimens to document their scientific studies.
The New England Wild Flower Society Guide to Growing and Propagating Wildflowers of the United States and Canada
Author: William Cullina
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395966099
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Offers information on growing and propagating over 1,000 different species of wildflower, and includes an encyclopedia of plants native to the United States and Canada.
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
ISBN: 9780395966099
Category : Gardening
Languages : en
Pages : 358
Book Description
Offers information on growing and propagating over 1,000 different species of wildflower, and includes an encyclopedia of plants native to the United States and Canada.
Name that Flower
Author: Ian Clarke
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 9780522850604
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"This concise guide to identifying flowering plants covers aesthetic and botanical information about flora from around the world. Presented are illustrations and explanations of reproductive parts, variations in floral structure, and nomenclature and plant families. The dissection process for flowers, techniques of flower arranging, and methods of observing structure for identification are clearly described. Plant families common to Australia are illustrated with examples of cultivated and wild
Publisher: Melbourne Univ. Publishing
ISBN: 9780522850604
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 348
Book Description
"This concise guide to identifying flowering plants covers aesthetic and botanical information about flora from around the world. Presented are illustrations and explanations of reproductive parts, variations in floral structure, and nomenclature and plant families. The dissection process for flowers, techniques of flower arranging, and methods of observing structure for identification are clearly described. Plant families common to Australia are illustrated with examples of cultivated and wild