The Plant-Book: A Portable Dictionary of the Vascular PlantsThe Plant-Book is widely accepted as an essential reference text for anyone growing or writing about plants. In over 20,000 entries this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every family and genus of seed-bearing plant (including gymnosperms) plus ferns and other pteridophytes, combining taxonomic details with invaluable information on English names and uses. In this new edition each entry has been updated to take into consideration the most recent literature and over 2,500 new entries have been added, ensuring that The Plant-Book continues to rank among the most practical and authoritative botanical texts available. |
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Acanthaceae alks anatropous Annonaceae anthers with longit Apocynaceae Asclepiadaceae Aublet axile Baillon bark Benth Blume Boiss Boraginaceae bracts Brazil Caled Cape capsule Chile China Compositae Compositae Ast.-Ast cosmop Cruciferae Cucurbitaceae cult Dicots Dilleniidae dioec drupe embryo Endl endosperm Engl epiphytes Euphorbiaceae Euras Flacourtiaceae fleshy genera Gesneriaceae Gramineae grass Gray Guinea herbs Himal Hook.f hybrids imbricate incl India Indomal infls Japan Juss Kunth Labiatae VIII Leguminosae lianes Liliaceae s.l. Lindley lobes Madag Madagascar Martius medic Medit Melastomataceae monoec MSBMBG Muell Myrtaceae nectaries Orchidaceae Orchidaceae V 16 ovules pachycaul Palmae Peru pollen poss Presl rarely rhiz roots Rubiaceae Ruíz & Pavón Rutaceae Sapindaceae Schltr Scrophulariaceae seeds slits solit Sri Lanka stems stipules style temp Thunb timber trees & shrubs tubers Umbelliferae warm whorls Willd yellow