A dictionary of plant sciences / Plant sciences edited by Michael Allaby. - Rev. ed. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2006. - 510 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. - Oxford paperback reference . - Oxford paperback reference. .

"This wide-ranging and informative dictionary contains over 5,500 clear and concise entires on all aspects of botany. Invaluable to students, amateur botanists, and naturalists, it will also provide a useful reference tool for anyone with interests in agriculture, horticulture, physical geography, and related areas." "This book: covers plants, bacteria, fungi, lichens, and algae; comprehensive classification (approximately one-third of the entries are devoted to taxonomic groups from bacteria and fungi to the main groups of flowering and non-flowering plants; and multi-disciplinary coverage includes terms from biochemistry, plant physiology, cytology, ecology, genetics, evolution, biogeography, earth history, and the earth sciences."--BOOK JACKET.

0198608918 (pbk.) 9780198608912

2006050333


Botany--Dictionaries.

QK9 / .C67 2006

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