Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary

From Library Journal
A useful glossary that clearly explains and illustrates myriad confusing terms likely to turn up in botanical reference sources. Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc.

From Booklist
This comprehensive, illustrated guide to phytography, the descriptive terminology of plants, was designed as a companion to a textbook for students of botany. Noting that the glossaries of most textbooks are inadequate, and that other field guides include scientific terminology definitions, the Harrises created this handbook to easily convey the meaning of botanical terms with a simple illustration and a short descriptive note.In alphabetical arrangement, part 1 details more than 2,400 commonly used terms in plant descriptions and identifications coordinated with more than 1,700 illustrations. Included are common usage, historical definition, and divergent usages of terms. No pronounciation guide is included. Part 2 includes terminology grouped in related areas, for example, roots (parts, shapes, types); stems (parts, types, forms); leaves (bases, apices, attachments); surfaces; inflorescences (parts, types, forms); flowers (symmetry, pollination systems, number of floral structure); and fruits (parts, type).While Taxonomic Terminology of the Higher Plants by Henry Ira Featherly (Iowa State Univ. Press, 1954, reprinted 1965) is similar in scope, it does not include any illustrations. The line drawings enhance the potential usefulness of this reasonably priced handbook of taxonomic terms for both professional botantists and students. It is a recommended addition to both public and academic library botany collections.

From Book News, Inc.
A marvelous resource for anyone who wishes to familiarize themselves with plant identification keys, this volume (first published in 1994, with numerous reprints) assembles a visual glossary of botanical terms. The first section presents the alphabetical glossary of some 2,400 terms commonly used in plant description and identification. The second part groups related terms to facilitate study and comparison. Illustrated with clear b&w line drawings.Copyright © 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

Bulletin of the Native Plant Society of Texas, Sept/Oct 1994
This wonderful little gem of a book is a must-have.

The American Society of Plant Taxonomists Newsletter, July 1994
This book will provide a helpful aid to students and others who need to learn our taxonomic language.

Book Description
Plant identification employs an extensive and complex terminology. Professional botanists often need several years in the field to master this terminology, and it presents a daunting obstacle to the student of botany. The meaning of most botanical terms, however, is immediately apparent when an illustration is available. That is the purpose of this volume. Plant Identification Terminology provides over nineteen hundred clear illustrations of terms used in plant identification keys and descriptions. It also includes definitions for more than twenty-seven hundred taxonomic terms.

From the Publisher
Winner of the CHOICE Best Academic Books Award in its first edition, Plant Identification Terminology: An Illustrated Glossary has been dramatically improved. The book has been thoroughly reillustrated and includes more than 300 additional terms. The best book available on plant descriptive terminology is now even better.


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A useful glossary that clearly explains and illustrates myriad confusing terms likely to turn up in botanical reference sources. Copyright 1999 Cahners Business Information.


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