A Allaby, Michael (John Michael) 1933- editor text dictionary enk Oxford New York Oxford University Press 2006 Rev. ed. monographic eng Eng

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510 p. : ill. ; 20 cm. "This wide-ranging and informative dictionary contains over 5,500 clear and concise entires on all aspects of botany. Invaluable to students, amateur botanists, and naturalists, it will also provide a useful reference tool for anyone with interests in agriculture, horticulture, physical geography, and related areas." "This book: covers plants, bacteria, fungi, lichens, and algae; comprehensive classification (approximately one-third of the entries are devoted to taxonomic groups from bacteria and fungi to the main groups of flowering and non-flowering plants; and multi-disciplinary coverage includes terms from biochemistry, plant physiology, cytology, ecology, genetics, evolution, biogeography, earth history, and the earth sciences."--Jacket. Preface -- A dictionary of plant sciences -- Endangered plants -- The universal genetic code -- The geologic time-scale -- SI units. edited by Michael Allaby. Botany Dictionaries Plantas Diccionarios Inglés Botánica Diccionarios Inglés R QK 9 D554 2006 581.03 0198608918 (pbk.) 9780198608912 http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0626/2006050333-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2006050333-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2006050333-b.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0626/2006050333-t.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2006050333-d.html http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0724/2006050333-b.html DLC 060718 20230410132814.0 spa