It documents the problems associated with an ever-increasing number of common names of plants, and the resolution of these problems through the introduction of International Codes for both botanical ...

Knowing the scientific names of plants can help you explore this kingdom. As it seems to be human nature to want to put order ...

With each new edition, entries for vernacular and trade names are growing in number … In fact the 26,000 entries are so rich in information, that in a way the Plant-book can replace a whole botanical ...

A strategy document for the university’s botanical gardens and arboretum warns against using the traditional combination of ...

EF: We think that fellow scientists will be more sensitive to the epithets they choose when they publish new plant names. Changes in the codes that rule scientific names are possible, so we hope ...