World economic plants : a standard reference / John H. Wiersema, Blanca León.

"Given the frequent movement of commercial plants outside their native location, the consistent and standard use of plant names for proper identification and communication has become increasingly important. This second edition of World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference is a key tool in the maint...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Wiersema, John Harry
Other Authors: León, Blanca
Language:English
Published: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2013.
Edition:2nd ed.
Subjects:
Plants > Nomenclature.
Botany, Economic.
Plants, Cultivated > Nomenclature (Popular)
Terminology.
Genre:
Nomenclature.
Nomenclature (Popular)
Terminology.
Physical Description:xxxvi, 1,300 pages : map ; 29 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • Scientific Names
  • Synonymy
  • Common Names
  • Economic Importance
  • Animal food
  • Bee plants
  • CITES Appendices
  • Environmental uses
  • Food
  • Food additives
  • Fuels
  • Gene sources
  • Harmful organism hosts
  • Invertebrate food
  • Materials
  • Medicines
  • Non-vertebrate poisons
  • Social uses
  • Vertebrate poisons
  • Weeds
  • Geographical Distribution.