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    Plant Names: A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature 4th Edition Authors: , Format: Paperback / softback First Published: Published By: CSIRO Publishing
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    Pages: 168 Language: English ISBN: 9781486311446 Category: Tag:

    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 breeder’s 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. It 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.

    Contents

    Acknowledgements
    Preface
    Introduction
    Codes of plant nomenclature

    Part 1 – Wild plants
    Common names
    Latin names, the binomial system and plant classification
    The International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi, and Plants (ICN)
    The botanical hierarchy
    Name changes

    Part 2 – Cultivated plants and cultigens
    The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants
    Marketing names (trade designations)

    Part 3 – Using plant names
    Writing plant names
    Pronunciation
    Remembering names
    Recommended format for nursery plant labels

    Part 4 – Plant name resources
    Books and websites to help with plant names

    Appendix
    Glossary and abbreviations
    References
    Index

     

     

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    "This book is extremely aesthetically pleasing, as the authors harness their knowledge of the wonderful flora of Australia to highlight plant names and features stunning photographs of some of these iconic plants." -- Nora Mitchell * Plant Science Bulletin 66(3) * "I found it engaging and informative; and I've actually learned quite a few things from it, which is a good thing!" -- Glenn Leiper * Native Plants Queensland 59(1) *

    Author Biography

    Roger Spencer (BSc (Hons), MSc, PhD, Cert, Gard.) is Senior Horticultural Botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria in the Plant Identification Service. He has written many popular and scientific articles on horticultural topics and books on Elms, Grey and Silver Foliage Plants, and a recent 5-volume Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia. Rob Cross (BSc, BAppSci(Hort)) is passionate about plants, their use and their conservation. He is a horticultural botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria where he deals with plant names on a daily basis, ensuring that plants in the Gardens’ Living Plant Collection have the current correct name applied to them. Rob has written scientific papers, a booklet on Japanese Flowering Cherries and contributed to other horticultural books.