Latin for gardeners : over 3,000 plant names explained and explored / Lorraine Harrison
- Bib ID:
- 6106740
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Harrison, Lorraine
- Description:
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- Crows Nest, N.S.W. : Crows Nest, 2012
- 224 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
- ISBN:
- 9781743312759
- Full contents:
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- How to use this book
- The history of botanical Latin
- Botanical Latin for beginners
- Latin plant names
- A: from abbreviatus to azureus
- B: from babylonica to byzantinus
- C: from cacaliifolia to cytisoides
- D: from dactylifera to dyerianum
- E: from ebenus to eyriesii
- F: from facetus to futilis
- G: from gaditanus to gymnocarpus
- H: from haastii to hystrix
- I: from ibericus to ixocarpus
- J: from jacobaeus to juniperinus
- K: from kalmiiflorus to kurdicus
- L: from labiatus to lysimachioides
- M: from macedonicus to myrtifolius
- N: from nanellus to nymphoides
- O: from obconicus to oxyphyllus
- P: from pachycarpa to pyriformis
- Q: from quadrangularis to quinquevulnerum
- R: from racemiflorus to rutilans
- S: from sabatius to szechuanica
- T: from tabularis to typhina
- U: from ulicina to uvaria
- V: from vacciniifolia to vulgata
- W: from wagneri to wulfenii
- X: from xanthina to xantholeuca
- Y: from yakushimanum to yunnanense
- Z: from zabeliana to zumi
- Plant profiles. Acanthus ; Achillea; Alyssum ; Digitalis ; Eryngium ; Eucalyptus ; Foeniculum ; Geranium ; Helianthus ; Jasminum ; Lycopersicon ; Parthenocissus ; Passiflora ; Plumbago ; Pulmonaria ; Quercus ; Sempervivum ; Streptocarpus ; Tropaeolum ; Vaccinium
- Plant hunters. Alexander von Humboldt ; Sir Joseph Banks ; Meriwether Lewis and William Clark ; Francis Masson and Carl Per Thunberg ; John Bartram ; David Douglas ; Carl Linnaeus ; Jane Colden and Lilian Suzette Gibbs ; Joseph Hooker ; André Michaux
- Plant themes
- Where plants come from
- The shape of plants
- The color of plants
- The qualities of plants
- The fragrance and taste of plants
- Numbers and plants
- Animals and plants.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 223).
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
- 2012
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