A Dictionary of Plant Sciences

This is the most comprehensive paperback dictionary of botany available. With over 5,500 clear and concise entries and helpful cross-referencing throughout, it is invaluable to students, amateur botanists and naturalists, and everyone with an interest in plants and their environments. It will also provide a useful reference tool for students and others with interests in agriculture, horticulture, physical geography, and related fields.

Michael Allaby has written many books on environmental science and especially on climatology and meteorology. These include Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate; The Facts on File Weather and Climate Handbook; and the DK Guide to Weather. He is General Editor of the Oxford Dictionaries of Ecology, Zoology, and Plant Sciences.