Author: Urs Eggli
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662071258
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Names are important elements to handle the diversity of items in daily life - persons, objects, animals, plants, etc. Without such names, it would be difficult to attach information to such items and to communicate information about them, and names are usually used without giving them much thought. This is not different for plants. When dealing with plants, however, it soon becomes apparent that the situation is somewhat more complex. Botanists use Latin names to bring order into the vast diversity, while everyday usage resorts to vemacular or "popular" names. As practical as these vernacular names are (it is not suggested that you should ask your greengrocer for a kilo gram of Solanum tuberosum or Musa paradisiaca subsp. sapientum), their most important draw back is the fact that they vary widely, not only from one language to another but also from coun try to country, even from region to region within a large country. More importantly, vemacular names in any given language are usually only available for the plants growing locally, or for plants of some special importance, such as crops and vegetables, medicinal plants, or important garden plants. For all other plants, the Latin names used by botanists and other scientists have to be employed. Such names often appear complicated or even awkward to the ears of those not accustomed to them.
Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names
Author: Urs Eggli
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662071258
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Names are important elements to handle the diversity of items in daily life - persons, objects, animals, plants, etc. Without such names, it would be difficult to attach information to such items and to communicate information about them, and names are usually used without giving them much thought. This is not different for plants. When dealing with plants, however, it soon becomes apparent that the situation is somewhat more complex. Botanists use Latin names to bring order into the vast diversity, while everyday usage resorts to vemacular or "popular" names. As practical as these vernacular names are (it is not suggested that you should ask your greengrocer for a kilo gram of Solanum tuberosum or Musa paradisiaca subsp. sapientum), their most important draw back is the fact that they vary widely, not only from one language to another but also from coun try to country, even from region to region within a large country. More importantly, vemacular names in any given language are usually only available for the plants growing locally, or for plants of some special importance, such as crops and vegetables, medicinal plants, or important garden plants. For all other plants, the Latin names used by botanists and other scientists have to be employed. Such names often appear complicated or even awkward to the ears of those not accustomed to them.
Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3662071258
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 268
Book Description
Names are important elements to handle the diversity of items in daily life - persons, objects, animals, plants, etc. Without such names, it would be difficult to attach information to such items and to communicate information about them, and names are usually used without giving them much thought. This is not different for plants. When dealing with plants, however, it soon becomes apparent that the situation is somewhat more complex. Botanists use Latin names to bring order into the vast diversity, while everyday usage resorts to vemacular or "popular" names. As practical as these vernacular names are (it is not suggested that you should ask your greengrocer for a kilo gram of Solanum tuberosum or Musa paradisiaca subsp. sapientum), their most important draw back is the fact that they vary widely, not only from one language to another but also from coun try to country, even from region to region within a large country. More importantly, vemacular names in any given language are usually only available for the plants growing locally, or for plants of some special importance, such as crops and vegetables, medicinal plants, or important garden plants. For all other plants, the Latin names used by botanists and other scientists have to be employed. Such names often appear complicated or even awkward to the ears of those not accustomed to them.
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Nmaes
Author: Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780849326776
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from M to Q.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780849326776
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 704
Book Description
This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from M to Q.
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names
Author: Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780849326752
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from A to C.
Publisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 9780849326752
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 738
Book Description
This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from A to C.
A Gardener's Dictionary of Plant Names
Author: Archibald William Smith
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 412
Book Description
Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners
Author: William Thomas Stearn
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304364695
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Stearn's classic dictionary of the meaning and origin of some 6,000 botanical names
Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
ISBN: 9780304364695
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 363
Book Description
Stearn's classic dictionary of the meaning and origin of some 6,000 botanical names
A Dictionary of Plant Names
Author: H. L. Gerth van Wijk
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 1742
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category : Botany
Languages : en
Pages : 1742
Book Description
Pronouncing Dictionary of Plant Names
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names
Author: Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781003273349
Category : MEDICAL
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from R to Z.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781003273349
Category : MEDICAL
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from R to Z.
Etymological Dictionary of Grasses
Author: Harold T. Clifford
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783642072451
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The dictionary provides explanations of the meaning and origins of generic and specific names of grasses, one of the largest and economically most important plant families. There are about 15,000 entries which far exceeds in number those of any other dictionary in print. Most of the names published during the past 250 years are included. This work should be of value to a wide audience including ecologists, agronomists, and anthropologists.
Publisher: Springer
ISBN: 9783642072451
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The dictionary provides explanations of the meaning and origins of generic and specific names of grasses, one of the largest and economically most important plant families. There are about 15,000 entries which far exceeds in number those of any other dictionary in print. Most of the names published during the past 250 years are included. This work should be of value to a wide audience including ecologists, agronomists, and anthropologists.
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names
Author: Umberto Quattrocchi
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781003273332
Category : Plant names, Popular
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from M to Q.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781003273332
Category : Plant names, Popular
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
This volume provides the origins and meanings of the names of genera and species of extant vascular plants, with the genera arranged alphabetically from M to Q.