The Kew Plant Glossary

The Kew Plant Glossary
Author: Henk Beentje
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2016
Genre: Botany
ISBN: 9781842466049

This plant glossary includes all descriptive terms used in floras, plant field guides and monographs. This is an essential companion for anyone working with plant descriptions, plant identification keys, floras, monographs and field guides. In this second edition 4,500 botanical terms are described with accompanying illustrations, including a new section on vegetation terms and an updated colour section.'Catnip for the garden geek...this fascinating, authoritative volume may seduce even the most casual browser.'The New York Times, 27 May 2010

The Kew Plant Glossary

The Kew Plant Glossary
Author: Henk Beentje
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Total Pages: 174
Release: 2010
Genre: Gardening
ISBN:

"Plant dictionary clearly defines over 4,250 entries .... This revised edition includes 125 new terms and more than 730 entries are illustrated with detailed line drawings"--P. [4] of cover.

Illustrated Plant Glossary

Illustrated Plant Glossary
Author: Enid Mayfield
Publisher: CSIRO PUBLISHING
Total Pages: 332
Release: 2021-09
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 1486303544

The Illustrated Plant Glossary is a comprehensive glossary of over 4000 terms related to plant sciences, featuring many superb colour illustrations to aid understanding. The topics covered in this glossary include anatomy, angiosperms, bryophytes, chemistry, cytology, family specific terms, ferns and fern allies, flowers, fruit, genetics, gymnosperms, habit and growth, habitat and ecology, indumentum, inflorescence, leaves, reproduction, roots, seeds, systematics and more. The Illustrated Plant Glossary is a must-have reference for plant scientists, plant science teachers and students, libraries, horticulturalists, ecologists, gardeners and naturalists.

The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms

The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms
Author: Michael Hickey
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Total Pages: 228
Release: 2000-11-16
Genre: Nature
ISBN: 9780521794015

A particularly versatile reference work for all those needing a guide to botanical terminology and plant structure.

Plants of the World

Plants of the World
Author: Maarten J. M. Christenhusz
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 801
Release: 2017-11-13
Genre: Gardening
ISBN: 022652292X

Evolution of land plant -- Plants and human culture -- Naming plants -- Classification and the angiosperm phylogeny group

Plant Identification Terminology

Plant Identification Terminology
Author: James G. Harris
Publisher: Spring Lake Publishing
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2001
Genre: Botanique - Dictionnaires anglais
ISBN: 9780964022171

Resource added for the Landscape Horticulture Technician program 100014.

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook

The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook
Author: Timothy M. A. Utteridge
Publisher: La Mona Bismarck Foundation
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Tropical plants
ISBN: 9781842466025

The tropics with their lush rainforests are extremely rich in plant life but are still comparatively unknown. Botanists at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew have a long tradition of exploring and plant collecting in the tropics, accumulating an unsurpassed practical knowledge of the tropical plants they encounter.This second edition of The Kew Tropical Plant Families Identification Handbook brings together this knowledge in a guide to the commonly encountered and ecologically important plants of the tropics. Written by Kew's experts, this handbook is based on Kew's Tropical Plant Identification course, which uses classical morphology, as well as more simple 'spot' characters, to teach plant identification.

The Plant Messiah

The Plant Messiah
Author: Carlos Magdalena
Publisher: Penguin UK
Total Pages: 298
Release: 2017-06-01
Genre: Science
ISBN: 0241979307

Passionate, forthright and enthusiastic, Carlos Magdalena is a world-renowned horticulturist - known both for his charisma and his conservation work. The Plant Messiah follows Carlos' dreams and disappointments; from his days as a school boy in the death throes of General Franco's Fascist dictatorship, to his advent as The Plant Messiah at the forefront of conservation, backed by the reputation and resources of The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and enthused by the potential that lies beyond. The book discloses for the first time the details behind his 'codebreaking' exploits and the secret stories behind his work; his genius, lateral thinking and steadfast belief that everything is possible.

East African Plant Collectors

East African Plant Collectors
Author: Diana Polhill
Publisher: Royal Botanic Gardens Kew
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2015
Genre: Botany
ISBN: 9781842463710

This book is a record of some 2,700 people who have collected herbarium specimens in Uganda, Kenya and Tanzania, designed as a supplement to the now complete Flora of Tropical East Africa.