LEADER 04225nam 2200661 a 450 001 9910785558303321 005 20211211002336.0 010 $a1-282-27275-6 010 $a9786613815156 010 $a0-8135-4472-6 024 7 $a10.36019/9780813544724 035 $a(CKB)2670000000233588 035 $a(EBL)3032157 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000701332 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11468322 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000701332 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10672732 035 $a(PQKB)10441621 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3032157 035 $a(OCoLC)808381521 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse21429 035 $a(DE-B1597)529098 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780813544724 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3032157 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10583944 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL381515 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000233588 100 $a20070618d2008 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aGods and goddesses in the garden$b[electronic resource] $eGreco-Roman mythology and the scientific names of plants /$fPeter Bernhardt 210 $aNew Brunswick, N.J. $cRutgers University Press$dc2008 215 $a1 online resource (262 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-8135-4266-9 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 209-215) and indexes. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface: The Face in the Flower --$tAcknowledgments --$tDisclaimer --$tChapter 1. In the Cyclop?s Orchard --$tChapter 2. Constructing a Centaur --$tChapter 3. Mother Earth and Her Children --$tChapter 4. The Triumph of Zeus --$tChapter 5. The Gods of Olympus --$tChapter 6. Mortal Monarchs and Monsters --$tChapter 7. Troy and Its Aftermath --$tEpilogue: A Plant for Persephone? --$tGlossary --$tSelected and Annotated Bibliography --$tGeneral Index --$tIndex of Scientific Names --$tAbout the Author 330 $aZeus, Medusa, Hercules, Aphrodite. Did you know that these and other dynamic deities, heroes, and monsters of Greek and Roman mythology live on in the names of trees and flowers? Some grow in your local woodlands or right in your own backyard garden. In this delightful book, botanist Peter Bernhardt reveals the rich history and mythology that underlie the origins of many scientific plant names. Unlike other books about botanical taxonomy that take the form of heavy and intimidating lexicons, Bernhardt's account comes together in a series of interlocking stories. Each chapter opens with a short version of a classical myth, then links the tale to plant names, showing how each plant "resembles" its mythological counterpart with regard to its history, anatomy, life cycle, and conservation. You will learn, for example, that as our garden acanthus wears nasty spines along its leaf margins, it is named for the nymph who scratched the face of Apollo. The shape-shifting god, Proteus, gives his name to a whole family of shrubs and trees that produce colorful flowering branches in an astonishing number of sizes and shapes. Amateur and professional gardeners, high school teachers and professors of biology, botanists and conservationists alike will appreciate this book's entertaining and informative entry to the otherwise daunting field of botanical names. Engaging, witty, and memorable, Gods and Goddesses in the Garden transcends the genre of natural history and makes taxonomy a topic equally at home in the classroom and at cocktail parties. 517 3 $aGreco-Roman mythology and the scientific names of plants 606 $aPlants$vNomenclature 606 $aPlants$xMythology 606 $aPlants$vFolklore 610 $aGreco-Roman Mythology, Plants, Scientific Names, Garden, gardeners, high school teachers, professors of biology, botanists, conservationists, Apollo, Proteus. 615 0$aPlants 615 0$aPlants$xMythology. 615 0$aPlants 676 $a580.1/4 700 $aBernhardt$b Peter$f1952-$063133 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910785558303321 996 $aGods and goddesses in the garden$93737599 997 $aUNINA