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Here is an easy resource for finding those elusive botanical names. More than 20,000 common names of plants and their Latin equivalents, covering all the plant groups, are included.
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This unusual dictionary lists 20,000 common plant names alphabetically with their botanical name so that gardeners and horticulturists in the US, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand can accurately locate plants in catalogs or at nurseries and garden stores. Plants with common names of more than one word are included under both the standard and inverted forms of their names (e.g., Polypodium glycyrrhiza is listed under licorice fern and fern, licorice). The book can also be used as a companion to Flora: A Gardener's Encyclopedia . Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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