IPNI - International Plant Names Index (W3)

About IPNI

The "International Plant Names Index" ("IPNI") is a database of the names and associated basic bibliographical details of seed plants, ferns and fern allies. Its goal is to eliminate the need for repeated reference to primary sources for basic bibliographic information about plant names. The data are freely available and are gradually being standardized and checked. IPNI will be a dynamic resource, depending on direct contributions by all members of the botanical community.

IPNI is the product of a collaboration between The Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, The Harvard University Herbaria, and the Australian National Herbarium.
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Marinelli, Janet (Autor)
Pflanzen der Welt
Faszinierende Pflanzenvielfalt der fünf Kontinente

Diese prächtige Enzyklopädie zeigt eine einzigartig umfangreiche Auswahl der schönsten und seltensten Pflanzen der Erde. Die detaillierten, brillant fotografierten Pflanzenprofile gliedern sich nach botanischen und gärtnerischen Hauptgruppen wie Bäume, Gräser oder Orchideen. Zudem erfahren Leser alles über die unterschiedlichen Vegetationsgebiete weltweit, das ökologische Gleichgewicht sowie die Rolle von Gärtnern, Züchtern und botanischen Gärten bei der Kultivierung bedrohter Arten. Im Anhang finden sich Karten, wichtige Adressen und Artenschutzlisten. Farbenprächtig und opulent ausgestattet - ein wunderschönes, wertvolles Geschenk für Naturfreunde, Liebhaber exotischer Pflanzen und engagierte Gärtner.

Quattrocchi, Umberto (Autor)
CRC World Dictionary of Grasses
Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology
3 Volume Set

Kurzbeschreibung

2008 NOMINEE
The Council on Botanical and Horticultural Libraries

Annual Award for a Significant Work in Botanical or Horticultural Literature

According to Rainer W. Bussmann reviewer for the Plant Science Bulletin, this 3-volume set is a monumental work indeed, and will be essential to any library linked to botany, ecology, ethnobotany, general plant science, agriculture or horticulture. It is a great resource for systematic botanists, and has value for whoever else might be interested in grasses. The remarkable work of a brilliant botanist and linguist, this unparalleled lexicon offers an indispensable guide for all those involved with plants and gardens whether they are growing, studying, or writing about them. Detailing approximately 800 generic names and thousands of species of grasses, including cereals and forages, this three volume set lists all relevant properties related to the main and secondary uses of the grasses, as well as detailed descriptions and geographical distribution. Entries include genus, synonyms, and etymology, as well as vernacular names, rejected names, and orthographic variants. It provides a huge amount of obscure sources of nearly impossible to find information. Now we have easier and better access to grass data than ever before in human history, says Daniel F. Austin, writing in Economic Botany. That is a marked step forward. Congratulazioni Professor Quattrocchi!

Following in the footsteps of the best-selling CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology, Umberto Quattrocchi has compiled another detailed, comprehensive lexicon in the CRC World Dictionary of Grasses: Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology. Comprising approximately 800 genera and thousands of species of grasses, the entries in this authoritative reference list the genus name, synonyms and common names, etymology, geographical distribution, description, and list of species with uses and common names. In addition, the author includes vernacular names, rejected names, and orthographic variants where available.

Quattrocchi, Umberto (Autor)
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names
Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Synonyms, and Etymology

Kurzbeschreibung
The CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names, a four volume set, is the most comprehensive work of its kind available today. The reader will find its coverage absorbing and useful. Umberto Quattrocchi, was awarded the prestigious Hanbury Botanical Garden Award for his studies on flowers and gardens.

Amazing 4-volume plant dictionary, listing names for 22500 genera and 200,000 species!
CRC World Dictionary of Plant Names
Common Names, Scientific Names, Eponyms, Syonyms, and Etymology
U Quattrocchi
7442 pages, 4-volume set. [1999]
Lewis Publishers
Hardcover | out of print | 1999
#105830 | ISBN-10: 0849326737

Description
Four-volume-set providing information on the origins and meanings of the names of many thousands of species of plants. The multilingual approach is particularly useful for finding the scientific name when only a colloquial name is known.

Dr. Quattrocchi's dictionary will provide a much needed and very useful source of information... It is rather amazing that Dr. Quattrocchi was able to compile such a reference for the names of more than 22,500 genera and over 200,000 species of plants. The derivation of the names of genera, all in one place, provides a great service.' DE Boufford, Harvard University Herbaria