Temperate Garden Plant Families: The Essential Guide to Identification and Classification

Temperate Garden Plant Families: The Essential Guide to Identification and Classification
ISBN-10
1604699213
ISBN-13
9781604699210
Category
Gardening
Pages
336
Language
English
Published
2019-06-11
Publisher
Timber Press
Authors
Peter Goldblatt, John C. Manning

Description

Determining which family a plant belongs to is a crucial horticultural skill. Organizing plants by family provides a framework for thinking about plant characteristics and for arranging thousands of plant names in a coherent and predictive pattern. This is especially important now, as advances in DNA analysis have recently altered much of the world of botanical taxonomy. In Temperate Garden Plant Families, Peter Goldblatt and John C. Manning teach readers how to identify the most horticulturally important temperate plant families. Introductory information includes an overview of family classification, plant nomenclature, and plant morphology. The comprehensive A–Z of plants includes profiles that include information on the number of species and genera, plant form, flowers, fruit, and a short description. Each profile is illustrated with color photographs and botanical illustrations. This comprehensive identification guide is for botany and horticultural professionals, nurserymen, advanced gardeners, and students of botany and horticulture.

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