The names of plants / / David Gledhill [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Gledhill D.
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2002
• Edizione: Third edition.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (ix, 326 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 580/.14
• Soggetto topico: Plants; Botany - Latin (Medieval and modern); Latin language, Medieval and modern - English
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 01 Feb 2016).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 323-326) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface to the first edition; Preface to the third edition; The nature of the problem; The size of the problem; Towards a solution to the problem; The rules of botanical nomenclature; The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants; Botanical terminology; The glossary; Addendum to glossary; Bibliography
• Sommario/riassunto: The Names of Plants is a handy two-part reference for the botanist and amateur gardener. The book begins by documenting the historical problems associated with an ever-increasing number of common names of plants and the resolution of these problems through the introduction of International Codes for both botanical and horticultural nomenclature. It also outlines the rules to be followed when plant breeders name a new species or cultivar of plant. The second part of the book comprises an alphabetical glossary of generic and specific plant names, and components of these, from which the reader may interpret the existing names of plants and construct new names. For the third edition, the book has been updated to include explanations of the International Codes for both Botanical Nomenclature (2000) and Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (1995). The glossary has similarly been expanded to incorporate many more commemorative names.
• Titolo autorizzato: The names of plants
• ISBN: 1-316-08581-3; 1-280-95566-X; 9786610955664; 1-139-13043-9; 1-139-14867-2; 0-511-35117-8; 0-511-06141-2; 0-511-05508-0; 0-511-75495-7; 0-511-06987-1
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910783284003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II