In the Name of Plants: From Attenborough to Washington, the People Behind Plant Names

by Sandra Knapp

An award-winning author and botanist offers a vividly illustrated look at the namesakes behind thirty plants.

Shakespeare famously asserted that "a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," and that's as true for common garden roses as it is for the Megacorax, a genus of evening primroses. Though it may not sound like it, the Megacorax was actually christened in honor of famed American botanist Peter Raven, its name...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0226824306
• ISBN13: 9780226824307
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: University of Chicago Press
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 1.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 7.1" x 9.3"