Plant Names: A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature

by Peter Lumley, Roger Spencer, Rob Cross

Book Overview

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...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 148631144X
• ISBN13: 9781486311446
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: CSIRO Publishing
• Length: 168 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 5.8" x 8.4"