This book documents the historical problems associated with an ever-increasing number of commonly-named plants and the resolution of these problems through the introduction of International Codes for both botanical and horticultural nomenclature. The second part of the book comprises an alphabetical glossary of generic and specific plant names and their components, from which the reader may interpret the existing names of plants and construct new names. The third edition includes explanations of the International Codes for both Botanical Nomenclature (2000) and Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (1995). The expanded glossary incorporates many more commemorative names. Previous Edition Hb (1989): 0-521-36668-2 Previous Edition Pb (1989): 0-521-36675-5
Author(s): David Gledhill
Edition: 3
Year: 2002
Language: English
Pages: 336
Cover......Page 1
Half-title......Page 3
Title......Page 5
Copyright......Page 6
Contents......Page 7
Preface to the first edition......Page 9
Preface to the third edition......Page 11
The nature of the problem......Page 13
The size of the problem......Page 18
Towards a solution to the problem......Page 27
The rules of botanical nomenclature......Page 37
Family names......Page 41
Generic names......Page 43
Species names......Page 48
Epithets commemorating people......Page 50
Geographical epithets......Page 51
Categories below the rank of species......Page 52
Hybrids......Page 53
Synonymy and illegitimacy......Page 56
The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants......Page 58
Graft chimaeras......Page 64
Botanical terminology......Page 66
The glossary......Page 67
The glossary......Page 70
Addendum to glossary......Page 324
Bibliography......Page 335
