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Plant Names
A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature
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An introduction to the world of plant names and how to write, pronounce and remember them.
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Plant Names is an invaluable guide to the use of scientific, commercial, and common names for plants and the conventions for writing them. Written by horticultural botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria, this book covers the naming of wild plants, plants modified by humans, why plant names change, their pronunciation, and offers hints to help remember them. It includes updated sections on trademarks and plant breeder's rights.
The final section provides a detailed guide to resources useful to people using plant names.
This fourth edition is based on the recently updated International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants and the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants. It makes this technical information readily understandable to a range of readers, including botanists, publishers, professional horticulturists, nursery workers, hobby gardeners, and anyone interested in plant names.
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Plant Names by Roger Spencer and Rob Cross is praised for its aesthetic appeal and informative content. Reviewers highlight the book's stunning photographs and the authors' expertise in Australian flora, making it both engaging and educational.
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ISBN: 9781486311446
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 02 March 2020
Country: Australia
Imprint: CSIRO Publishing
Edition: Fourth Edition
Audience: Professional and scholarly
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 10.0mm
Width: 148.0mm
Height: 215.0mm
Weight: 350g
Pages: 168
About the Author
Roger Spencer (BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, Cert, Gard.) is Senior Horticultural Botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in the Plant Identification Service. He has written many popular and scientific articles on horticultural topics and books on Elms, Grey and Silver Foliage Plants, and a recent 5-volume Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Rob Cross (BSc, BAppSci(Hort)) is passionate about plants, their use and their conservation. He is a horticultural botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria where he deals with plant names on a daily basis, ensuring that plants in the Gardens’ Living Plant Collection have the current correct name applied to them. Rob has written scientific papers, a booklet on Japanese Flowering Cherries and contributed to other horticultural books.
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