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Author: David J. Mabberley
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Category: Book

List Price: ~~$90.00~~
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Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 out of 5 stars

4 reviews
Sales Rank: 85269

Media: Hardcover
Edition: 3
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1040
Shipping Weight (lbs): 2.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 4.8 x 1.9

ISBN: 0521820715
Dewey Decimal Number: 580.14
EAN: 9780521820714
ASIN: 0521820715

Publication Date: June 16, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days

Also Available In:

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Editorial Reviews:

Product Description
Mabberley's Plant-Book is internationally accepted as an essential reference text for anyone studying, growing or writing about plants. In over 20,000 entries this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every family and genus of seed-bearing plant (including gymnosperms) plus ferns and clubmosses, combining taxonomic details and uses with English and other vernacular names. In this new edition each entry has been updated to take into consideration the most recent literature, notably the great advances from molecular analyses, and over 1650 additional new entries (including ecologically and economically important genera of mosses) have been added, ensuring that Mabberley's Plant-Book continues to rank among the most practical and authoritative botanical texts available.

Book Description
Mabberley's Plant-Book is internationally accepted as an essential reference for anyone studying, growing or writing about plants. This new editon is fully updated, with over 1650 new entries, ensuring that it continues to rank among the most practical and authoritative botanical texts available.

Customer Reviews:

5 out of 5 stars

Excellent Resource February 22, 2008
"Mabberly" is a definitive resource in any botanist's library. The treatment provides information about every seed bearing plant family and genus in the world. There is often additional information regarding special domestic culture, and/or special morphological or chemical traits within a genus. This is not a picture book- it is very dense with information and great buy. The book is hardbound in fascicles, which means the high quality binding will ensure it will last. It is such a significant resource in my personal and professional life that I bought one for my home and one for the office (Ok- I'm a plant nerd).

5 out of 5 stars

Just the Best! July 31, 2003
2 out of 3 found this review helpful

I purchased this reference a few years ago. Once I received it and began using it, I wondered how I'd ever gotten along without it. The author's British and so the dictionary's common names are more often "British" than "American", but it is still the handiest plant dictionary I have. It is a little larger than pocket size, but it is still small enough to be held comfortably in one hand.

5 out of 5 stars

A review is superfluous July 9, 2000
10 out of 11 found this review helpful

This book does not need a review. Anybody who is involved in plants, other than the garden kind, knows full well that this is an essential reference. Quite up to date too, which is pretty amazing in view of the pace that science sets. There is an enormous mass of data in here, printed on very thin paper, making for a very handy book that will fit a spot near where you need it, which is likely to be often.

5 out of 5 stars

My most used reference book November 7, 1999
9 out of 10 found this review helpful

As a graduate student in ecology I often encounter unfamiliar genera in the literature, and a quick peek in Mabberley gives me enough taxonomic grounding to keep plowing ahead. By constantly referring to this book, I have greatly improved my knowledge of plant relationships.

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