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Title: Botanical Latin by William T. Stearn ISBN: 0-88192-627-2 Publisher: Timber Pr Pub. Date: April, 2004 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $29.95 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.6 (5 reviews)
Rating: 5
Summary: Botanical Latin
Comment: As the quote says: "This book aims to provide a working guide to the special kind of Latin internationally used by botanists for the description and naming of plants." As such it has little or no competition and by itself sets the standard in the field.
Obviously it is not a dictionary, nor is it about plant names. For those wanting to look up current plants and their taxonomic status there is the invaluable "The plant-book" by D.J.Mabberley. For the derivation of botanical names there is "Stearn's dictionary of plant names for gardeners" by this same W.T.Stearn. Another very commendable dictionary (for a related field) is "Composition of Scientific Words" by R.W.Brown.
Rating: 2
Summary: Nearly impossible to look up a name's meaning
Comment: A very scholarly and authoritative work to be admired by academics everywhere - almost useless as a quick means to look up what a botanical name means. If you were to take a semester or so studying this work, it would probably turn out to be very useful. For example, the chapters are broken down into Habitats, Geographical Names, Colour Terms, Greek words, Descriptive Terminology, Chemical Reactions and Tests, etc. So, if you happen to already know that sagittatus is a descriptive term, you can go to the chapter on Descriptive Terminology and find out that it means arrow-headed. If you don't already know this, good luck finding out what it means in this book.
Rating: 1
Summary: What use is this?
Comment: Book is suitable for use as a door stop but not much else. note the following example which is typical: "Hypanthium: hypanthium (s.n. H), abl. sing. hypanthio." The words hypanthium and hypanthio are not further defined. Want to see more examples? I seem to find them every time I try to use the book. For me Webester's has been more useful.
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Title: Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary by James G. Harris, Melinda Woolf Harris ISBN: 0964022168 Publisher: Spring Lake Pub Pub. Date: 01 January, 2001 List Price(USD): $18.95 |
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Title: Guide to Flowering Plant Families by Wendy B. Zomlefer ISBN: 0807844705 Publisher: Univ of North Carolina Pr Pub. Date: January, 1995 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: Stearn's Dictionary of Plant Names for Gardeners: A Handbook on the Origin and Meaning of the Botanical Names of Some Cultivated Plants by William T. Stearn, Brent Elliott, Isadore L. L. Smith ISBN: 088192556X Publisher: Timber Pr Pub. Date: November, 2002 List Price(USD): $19.95 |
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Title: The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms by Michael Hickey, Clive King ISBN: 0521794013 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 15 February, 2001 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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Title: Botany in a Day: Thomas J. Elpel's Herbal Field Guide to Plant Families, 4th Ed. by Thomas J. Elpel ISBN: 1892784076 Publisher: HOPS Press Pub. Date: 01 January, 2000 List Price(USD): $22.50 |
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