Latin is one of two acceptable languages for describing new plants, and taxonomists must be able to translate earlier texts in Latin. Providing a simple explanation of Latin grammar along with an in-depth vocabulary, this is an indispensable guide for systematic botanists worldw…
Accompanying CD-ROM contains ... "more than 340 color images of the people, the terrain, and nearly all of the plants mentioned in the text, as well as an audio file of a traditional Bedouin song and its translation and analysis."--Jacket.
Dictionary of plant names: over 100,000 names of about 10,000 species and va…
by Schroeter, A. I., Panasi︠u︡k, V. A., Bykov, V. A., Nat︠s︡ionalʹnyĭ komitet biologov Rossii, Vserossiĭskiĭ institut lekarstvennykh i aromaticheskikh rasteniĭ (Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ selʹskokhozi︠a︡ĭstvennykh nauk), International Union of Biological Sciences
Dictionary of plant names: over 100,000 names of about 10,000 species and va…
by Schroeter, A. I., Panasi︠u︡k, V. A., Bykov, V. A., International Union of Biological Sciences, Nat︠s︡ionalʹnyĭ komitet biologov Rossii, Vserossiĭskiĭ institut lekarstvennykh i aromaticheskikh rasteniĭ (Rossiĭskai︠a︡ akademii︠a︡ selʹskokhozi︠a︡ĭstvennykh nauk)
This four-volume set (REF QK13 .Q38 2000) is the authority on plant names. It includes common names from various countries. Call the Library (857-7783)to request a quick lookup.
"Plant Names 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 modi…