Binding: Hardcover
Description: Mabberley's Plant - book is internationally accepted as an essential reference text for anyone studying growing or writing about plants. With some 26,000 entries this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every family and genus of seed - bearing plant (including conifers) plus ferns and clubmosses besides economically important mosses and algae. The book combines taxonomic details and uses with English and other vernacular names found in commerce. The third edition was recognised in the American Botanical Council's annual James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award for 2008 and the International Association for Plant Taxonomy's Engler Medal in Silver for 2009. In this new edition each entry has been updated to take into consideration the most recent literature notably the greater understanding resulting from molecular analyses; over 1400 additional entries (including ecologically and economically important genera of seaweeds) have been included ensuring that Mabberley's Plant - book continues to rank among the most practical and authoritative botanical texts available.
Title: Mabberley's Plant - Book A Portable Dictionary Of Plants Their Classification And Uses
Author(s): Mabberley David J. (Wadham College Oxford)
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Barcode: 9781107115026
Pages: 1120 Pages, 2 Halftones, Black And White
Publication Date: 7/27/2017
Category: Botany & Plant Sciences