The Names of Plants
Edition: 4th ed.
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Leiden
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource]
Number of pages: 436
ISBN-13: 9780511478550
Subjects: Plants; Botany; Medieval and modern Latin language
Description: A reference for botanists and horticulturalists, including an historic account of names and a comprehensive glossary.
Notes: Description based on print version record.
Table of contents: title: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the fourth edition; The nature of the problem: A rose: by any name?; The size of the problem: 'Man by his nature desires to know' (Aristotle); Towards a solution to the problem; The rules of botanical nomenclature; The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants; Glossary; Glossary; Figures; Bibliography; Index.