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Overview
The Plant-Book is widely accepted as an essential reference text for anyone growing or writing about plants. In over 20,000 entries this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every family and genus of seed-bearing plant (including gymnosperms) plus ferns and other pteridophytes, combining taxonomic details with invaluable information on English names and uses. In this new edition each entry has been updated to take into consideration the most recent literature and over 2,500 new entries have been added, ensuring that The Plant-Book continues to rank among the most practical and authoritative botanical texts available.
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This essential reference text for anyone studying, growing, or writing about plants, provides some 20,000 entries with information on every family and genus of seed-bearing plant, including gymnosperms, plus ferns and other pteridophytes. It combines taxonomic details with invaluable information on English names and uses. This second edition first, 1987, completely revised, contains almost 2,500 additional new entries. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.Book Details
Published
June 19, 1997
Publisher
Cambridge, United Kingdom ; Cambridge University Press, c1997.
Pages
858
Format
Hardcover
ISBN
9780521414210