Roger Spencer, Rob Cross

Plant Names

A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

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 hints to help remember them, along with updated sections on trademarks and plant breeders' 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 and 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.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: CSIRO Publishing
• 4th edition
• Seitenzahl: 168
• Erscheinungstermin: 24. September 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 213mm x 147mm x 13mm
• Gewicht: 363g
• ISBN-13: 9781486311446
• ISBN-10: 148631144X
• Artikelnr.: 58294037

Autorenporträt

Roger Spencer is Senior Horticultural Botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne 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.