Botanical Latin: History, Grammar, Syntax, Terminology and Vocabulary - Hardcover

Stearn, William T.

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0881923214 ISBN 13: 9780881923216

Publisher: Timber Pr, 1995

Synopsis

Botanical Latin is accepted by horticulturists and botanists everywhere as the medium for naming new plants, and botanical research is almost impossible without reference to the vast number of first descriptions in Latin-much information is available in no other language. For gardeners, too, a working knowledge of botanical Latin is essential for the accurate identification of plants in the garden. Now available in paperback, the fourth edition of this internationally renowned handbook summarizes the grammar and syntax of botanical Latin, and covers the origins of Latin and latinized geographical names, color terms, symbols and abbreviations, diagnoses and descriptions, the formation of names and epithets, and much more.

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Review:

Mr. Stearn delivers the History, Grammar, Syntax, Terminology and Vocabulary of botanical Latin with such lively erudition I often find myself foraging through this linguistic hortus botanicus for the pure word-empowering romance of it. -- Patti Hagan "Wall Street Journal" (09/01/1999)

About this edition

• Publisher: Timber Pr
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0881923214
• ISBN 13: 9780881923216
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 4