Timber Press Dictionary of Plant Names
QK 9 .C685 1985
Provides a guide to the derivation, meaning and pronunciation of the scientific names of the more commonly grown plants. Following this is a short statement of the main use in gardens of the plants listed e.g. as herbaceous perennials, shrubs, etc. and a general guide to hardiness.
Taxonomic Terminology of the Higher Plants
QK 9 .F4 1965
Provides a concise source of information on terminology for students in taxonomy, plant distribution, and speciation, especially in the higher plants (Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta). About one half of the book is a glossary which is ample but intentionally not exhaustive. Obsolete and seldom used words were omitted. The section on classified terms allows the review of terms relating to the subjects classified. This makes it possible to find with little effort terms which one is unable to recall and even to find the appropriate word to use to describe the part. The author has also included a section on specific epithets and their meanings as well as a section on the structure of botanical terms and names derived from Greek and Latin.
Plant Identification Terminology
QK 9 .H37 1994
Provides a comprehensive, illustrated guide to the terminology of systematic botany. Verbal descriptions in other glossaries are often of limited value and the verbal description may be inadequate to convey the essence of a complex botanical term or the definition may include two or three additional terms that also need to be defined to make sense of the original definition. This glossary includes most of the terms a student would encounter in a typical plant identification key with line drawings for all terms. The book is in two parts. Part one is a glossary of over 2,400 terms commonly used in plant description and identification. Part two facilitates study and comparison by grouping related terms together.
Dictionary of Economic Plants. 2nd edition revised and enlarged.
QK 9 .U6 1968
Lists 9500 economic plant species ( in the broadest sense) alphabetically with a brief description, the geographical distribution, products and principal uses. Includes an extensive bibliography of publications which describe economic plants from certain areas, countries, plant families, general or economic groups.
Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms
QK 10.H53 2000
This work includes all terms most commonly used in describing vascular plants as well as some specialized terms. The first part of the book lists morphological terms and some elementary histological, cytological, and genetical terms found in general books on botany in alphabetical order. Chemical terms are mostly excluded. The illustrations in the second part of the book are grouped according to their content.
Botanical Latin : History, Grammar, Syntax, Terminology and Vocabulary. 4th edition.
QK 10 .S7 1992 c.2
This is a guide to botanical Latin, an international language used by botanists worldwide to name and describe plants. It describes the grammar, standard procedures and peculiarities and basic vocabulary, using examples from botanical literature. It includes geographical names, color terms, and a list of commonly used symbols and abbreviations.
Plant-book : a portable dictionary of the higher plants ... 2nd edition.
QK 11 .M29 1997
An attempt to present all currently accepted generic and family names and commonly used English names of flowering plants (including gymnosperms) and ferns (including other pteridophytes), excluding wholly fossil groups. Taxonomic entries follow the system of Cronquist, An integrated system of classification of flowering plants (1981). Each generic entry includes the family to which the geuns is assigned, the number of species within the genus, its distribution and other details of botanical, horticultural, agricultural, medicinal or other economic importance as well as English names applied to species within the genus. This edition presents almost 2500 new entries.
Dictionary of the Flowering Plants and Ferns. 8th edition.
QK 11 .W53 1973
Aims to include every published generic name from 1753 onward and every published family name from the appearance of the Genera Plantarum of Jussieu in 1789. Descriptions of all then (1973) accepted families are given. Brief characters of subfamilies are usually given but only occasionally those of tribes. Includes a key to the families of flowering plants based on Englers classification and synopses of the Bentham-Hooker and Engler-Prantl systems.
Stearns Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners
QK 11 .S6 1992 c.2
Attempts to provide basic information about the origin and meaning of plant names. Includes most of the genera being cultivated in the Netherlands, Scandinavia, the British Isles, Germany and the Pacific Ocean and likely to be available elsewhere. It includes most of the commonly used descriptive epithets as well as some unusual ones but makes no claim to comprehensiveness. There are also chapters providing an introduction to botanical names and vernacular names.
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names.
QK 13 .Q38 2000
This four volume work references scientific and common names in many languages for species in about 22,500 general as well as giving etymology and biographical information.
Scientific and Common Names of 7,000 Vascular Plants in the United States
QK 96 .B68 1995
A reference to the scientific and common names of vascular plants in the United States. Unlike the scientific or Latin names of plants, common or vernacular names can vary over time and by region. This work is divided into 4 sections. The first section is a list of scientific names in alphabetical order by genus. The second section is a list of common names followed by the scientific name. The third section is a list of important synonyms of the scientific name. The fourth section is a list of the genera of included vascular plants arranged by plant family.
Plants and Their Names
QK 96 .P35 1995
A reference source to some 16,000 of the more commonly occurring vernacular and Latin names of vascular plants. In selecting plants to be included, special attention was paid to those that are grown ornamentally in northern Europe and those that serve as sources of food or raw materials. All the plant families that are recognized by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, and the Royal Botanic Garden, Edinburgh, are mentioned. Name derivations, descriptions, uses, and geographical distributions are given for most entries. Coverage includes flowering plants, ferns and gymnosperms, but not mosses, lichens r algae. There are six types of entry in this dictionary. Five of them are to do with scientific names (family names, genus names, species names, common specific epithets, and synonyms) and one is for common names.
Dictionary of Agriculture
S411 .L55 1995
Includes definitions from farming, food and agricultural policy, trade, and conservation.
Dictionary of Soil Science
S 592 L6913 1991
Terminology of the physical, chemical and biological properties of soils.
Hortus Third : A Concise Dictionary of Plants Cultivated in the United States and Canada.
SB 45 .B22 1976 c. 2 and c. 3
This classic was issued in 1976 and is still considered to be outstanding. It lists scientific names alphabetically with botanical descriptions. It also includes the author or authors for each botanical name, illustrations of representative members of most families, a separate glossary of botanical terms, an index to common names, and a list of authors cited.
French-English Horticultural Dictionary with English-French Index
SB 45 .F7 1989
Provides readers whose language is English a source for discovering the meaning of words encountered in horticultural literature written in the French language. The widest possible range of horticultural literature was consulted in compiling the words in this dictionary. The literature consulted while primarily from France or the French Overseas Territories also includes literature written in French from Belgium, Canada, Mauritius, Switzerland and francophone African countries. Horticulture was interpreted in its broadest sense to include not only the growing of fruits, flowers and vegetables but also plantation crops, ornamental arboriculture, parks and wild gardens, turf, medicinal plants, minor industrial crops and edible fungi, together with selected attendant disorders, diseases, pests and weeds.
Glossary of Crop Science Terms
SB 45 G57
Divided into three sections: 1. general terminology, 2. cell biology and molecular genetics, and 3. glossary of crop scientific nomenclature.
Pflanzenproduktion : Mehrsprachen-Bildwrterbuch = Plant production : multilingual illustrated dictionary
SB 45 .P43 1992
Comprehensive plant production terminology is provided in six (German, English, French, Spanish, Italian and Dutch) languages, with special emphasis placed on terms used in present-day operations. Contains some 5,000 terms illustrated with 1,000 sketches.
Gartenbautechnik; Mehrsprachen-Bildworterbuch. Horticultural techniques and implements. Techniques horticoles. Tecnica hortofruticola y jardinera. Tecnica ortofrutticola e di giardinaggio. Tuinbouwtechniek.
SB 45 .S75 1972 vol. 1
A multilingual, illustrated dictionary of installations, machinery, equipment, and production methods. Part I covers glasshouse and under-glass production and general technical horticultural soil science and landscaping and garden layout. Part II covers specialized production methods and equipment as well as preparation for sale, marketing and selling. Extensive illustrations are used for clarity in the correct description of installations, equipment and its components, etc.
Dictionary of Cultivated Plants and Their Regions of Diversity : Excluding Most Ornamentals, Forest Trees and Lower Plants 2nd edition
SB 71 .Z46 1982
Aims to provide a quick reference to the regions of diversity of cultivated plants (excludes those species grown primarily as ornamentals and timber crops as well as useful lower plant species). For important crops, regions of diversity of related wild species are included as these are often useful sources of genes to improve the value of crops.
Taxa are arranged alphabetically first aby family, secondly by genus and thirdly by species within genera. The more common taxonomic synonyms, as well as the better known (English) names are listed. Taxonomy is based primarily on Williss dictionary (1966) and the Baily Hortorium, Hortus Third (1976).
Elseviers Dictionary of Plant Genetic Resources
SB123.3.E45 1991
Contains terms and definitions specific to plant genetic resources. The work is based on an International Board for Plant Genetic Resources publication from 1980 and has been extensively revised and reviewed.
Dictionary of Horticulture
SB317.58.D53 1994
An all-inclusive reference for those with all levels of gardening experience. Over 15,000 main entries featuring an extensive selection of plants and their varieties, fruits, herbs, and vegetables, botanical terms, pests, diseases, pesticides, fertilizers, soils, tools and materials, and techniques.
Elsevier's Dictionary of Horticultural and Agricultural Plant Production
SB 317.58 .E46 1990
A multilingual translation dictionary in ten languages. Includes terms in English, Dutch, French,
German, Danish, Swedish, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, and Latin.
Index of Garden Plants
SB407.G77 1994
Lists currently accepted botanical names, synonyms and popular names for some 60,000 plants in cultivation and furnishes each plant with a brief description.
Dictionary of Plant Pathology
SB 728 H65 1989
Dictionary of plant pathogens with additional selected entries on: crop names and pathology, disease
names, fungicide names, taxonomic groups, and toxins.
Glossary of Plant-Pathological Terms
SB728.S49 1997
Includes terms in all subdisciplines of plant pathology as well as terms in a related plant science discipline that a plant pathologist might need to know.