TY - BOOK ID - 74615438 TI - Mabberley's plant-book : A portable dictionary of plants, their classification and uses PY - 2017 SN - 9781107115026 9781316335581 1107115027 PB - Cambridge Cambridge University Press DB - UniCat KW - Plants KW - Plant names, Popular KW - English language KW - Botanical names KW - Botanical nomenclature KW - Botany KW - Latin names of plants KW - Latin plant names KW - Names of plants, Scientific KW - Plant names, Latin KW - Plant names, Scientific KW - Plant species KW - Scientific names of plants KW - Scientific plant names KW - Names KW - Germanic languages UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:74615438 AB - Mabberley's Plant-book is internationally accepted as an essential reference text for anyone studying, growing or writing about plants. With some 26,000 entries, this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every family and genus of seed-bearing plant (including conifers), plus ferns and clubmosses, besides economically important mosses and algae. The book combines taxonomic details and uses with English and other vernacular names found in commerce. The third edition was recognised in the American Botanical Council's annual James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award for 2008 and the International Association for Plant Taxonomy's Engler Medal in Silver for 2009. In this new edition, each entry has been updated to take into consideration the most recent literature, notably the greater understanding resulting from molecular analyses; over 1400 additional entries (including ecologically and economically important genera of seaweeds) have been included, ensuring that Mabberley's Plant-book continues to rank among the most practical and authoritative botanical texts available. ER -