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The Names of Plants.

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...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge University Press 2002.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • 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; Family names; Generic names; Species names; Epithets commemorating people; Geographical epithets; Categories below the rank of species; Hybrids; Synonymy and illegitimacy; The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants; Graft chimaeras; Botanical terminology; The glossary; The glossary; Addendum to glossary; Bibliography.