Bibliograph

Plant families, a guide for gardeners and botanists, Ross Bayton and Simon Maughan

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Plant families, a guide for gardeners and botanists, Ross Bayton and Simon Maughan

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (page 224) and index

Illustrations

illustrations

Index

index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

Plant families

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

978722790

Responsibility statement

Ross Bayton and Simon Maughan

Sub title

a guide for gardeners and botanists

Summary

Plant Families is an easy-to-use, beautifully illustrated guide to the more than seventy core plant families every horticulturist, gardener, or budding botanist needs to know. It introduces the basics of plant genealogy and teaches readers how to identify and understand the different structures of flowers, trees, herbs, shrubs, and bulbs. It then walks through each family, explaining its origins and range and describing characteristics such as size, flowers, and seeds. Each family is accompanied by full-color botanical illustrations and diagrams. "Uses For" boxes planted throughout the book provide practical gardening tips related to each family. By understanding how botanists create these groupings, we can become more apt at spotting the unique characteristics of a plant and identifying it faster and more accurately. Understanding plant families also helps us to make sense of- and better appreciate- the enormous biological diversity of the plant kingdom

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