The Plant-Book : A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants
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'... a fact book for which I shall almost eternally be grateful. Botanists and serious gardeners everywhere should go down on their knees in gratitude for Cambridge University Press and for the travail of Dr D. J. Mabberley who has laboured to produce The Plant Book. I can only join fellow botanists and horticulturalist in saying 'Thank You'.' Stefan Buczacki, The Guardian
'This new edition of The Plant Book is to be enthusiastically welcomed.' International Botanic Gardens Conservaton News
'... a modern classic ... an up-to-date accurate and user-friendly dictionary of great value to both botanists and horticulturalists ... amazingly good value for money.' Dick Seamons, Science and Technology
Book Description
The Plant-Book is widely accepted as an essential reference text for anyone growing or writing about plants. In over 20,000 entries this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every family and genus of seed-bearing plant (including gymnosperms) plus ferns and other pteridophytes, combining taxonomic details with invaluable information on English names and uses. In this new edition each entry has been updated to take into consideration the most recent literature and over 2,500 new entries have been added, ensuring that The Plant-Book continues to rank among the most practical and authoritative botanical texts available.
The Plant-Book : A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants
The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular Plants,D. J. Mabberley,Cambridge University Press,0521414210,Dictionaries,English language,Ferns,Flowers,Gardening/Plants,Latin, Medieval and modern,Life Sciences - Botany,Nature,Nomenclature,Plant names, Popular,Plants,Science,Seed-Bearing Plants (Spermatophyta),Botany & plant sciences,Botany--Nomenclature,Science / Botany,Trees & wildflowers
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