Plant Names: A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781486311446)

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.

Author: Roger Spencer,Rob Cross
ISBN-10: 148631144X
ISBN-13: 9781486311446
Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
Language: English
Published: 09/24/2020
Pages: 168
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.80lbs
Size: 8.40h x 5.80w x 0.50d