Table of Contents

Introduction: To the Codes of plant nomenclature Part 1: Wild Plants 1: Common names 2: Latin names, the binomial system and plant classification 3: The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature 4: The botanical hierarchy 5: Name changes Part 2: Cultivated Plants and Cultigens 6: The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants 7: Marketing names (trade designations) Part 3: Using Plant Names 8: Writing Plant Names 9: Pronunciation Part 4: Plant Name Resources 10: Books and websites to help with plant names 11: Accurate lists of botanical names 12: Families 13: Genera 14: Lists of validly published names, not necessarily current 15: Floras and checklists of currently accepted plant names 16: Trademarks 17: Appendix

About the Author

Roger Spencer is Senior Horticultural Botanist at the Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne in the Plant Identification Service. He has written many popular and scientific articles on horticultural topics and books on Elms, Grey and Silver Foliage Plants, and a recent 5-volume Horticultural Flora of South-eastern Australia.

Reviews

"[A]ttractively laid out and clearly organized with dozens of beautiful photographs, this is the book to keep on your desk."-- "South African Journal of Botany"