Mabberley's Plant-book
A Portable Dictionary of Plants, their Classification and Uses

With 1400 additional entries, this fully updated edition is a comprehensive reference for anyone studying, growing or writing about plants.

David J. Mabberley (Author)

9781107115026, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 22 June 2017

1120 pages, 2 b/w illus.
23.5 x 12.3 x 4 cm, 0.87 kg

'… a fact book for which I shall almost eternally be grateful. Botanists and serious gardeners everywhere should go down on their knees in gratitude for Cambridge University Press and for the travail of Dr D. J. Mabberley who has laboured to produce The Plant Book. I can only join fellow botanists and horticulturists in saying Thank You'.' Stefan Buczacki, The Guardian

Mabberley's Plant-book is internationally accepted as an essential reference text for anyone studying, growing or writing about plants. With some 26,000 entries, this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every family and genus of seed-bearing plant (including conifers), plus ferns and clubmosses, besides economically important mosses and algae. The book combines taxonomic details and uses with English and other vernacular names found in commerce. The third edition was recognised in the American Botanical Council's annual James A. Duke Excellence in Botanical Literature Award for 2008 and the International Association for Plant Taxonomy's Engler Medal in Silver for 2009. In this new edition, each entry has been updated to take into consideration the most recent literature, notably the greater understanding resulting from molecular analyses; over 1400 additional entries (including ecologically and economically important genera of seaweeds) have been included, ensuring that Mabberley's Plant-book continues to rank among the most practical and authoritative botanical texts available.

Introduction
How to use this book and get most out of it
The dictionary
Appendix: system for arrangement of extant vascular plants
Acknowledgement of sources: 1. Floras and handbooks, websites
2. Periodicals
Abbreviations and symbols (used in this book): 1. General
2. Authors' names
New names used in this book.

Subject Areas: Botany & plant sciences [PST], Taxonomy & systematics [PSAB], Biology, life sciences [PS]