E-Book, Englisch, 1336 Seiten
Wiersema / León World Economic Plants
2. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4665-7681-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
A Standard Reference
E-Book, Englisch, 1336 Seiten
ISBN: 978-1-4665-7681-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)
Given the frequent movement of commercial plants outside their native location, the consistent and standard use of plant names for proper identification and communication has become increasingly important. This second edition of World Economic Plants: A Standard Reference is a key tool in the maintenance of standards for the basic science underlying the quest for security of food and other economic plant resources. Containing a substantial increase in content from the previous edition, this comprehensive and accessible work now documents more than 12,000 economically important vascular plants.
This volume covers plants and plant products that are traded, regulated, or otherwise important to international commerce. The plant names and uses have been meticulously checked against the literature and by external peer reviewers, and names are up to date in their taxonomic classification and nomenclaturally correct according to international rules. Each entry includes the accepted scientific (Latin) name, synonyms, economic importance, common names in a variety of languages, and the geographical distribution of the species. The information on each plant can be accessed through either its scientific or common name, providing a global perspective on its native, introduced, or cultivated geographical distribution, and its economic usage or impacts.
This reference covers all major groups of economic plants, including those used for human or animal food, materials, medicines, environmental purposes, gene sources for breeding, social purposes, as well as ones with negative impacts such as poisonous or disease-harboring plants or weeds. This compilation provides scientists, professionals, and students from various backgrounds with a global standard for communication regarding economically important plants. As collaboration across plant science increases, comprehensive standardized references such as this one are indispensible for addressing the global issues involved with agriculture and other human uses of plant diversity.
New this edition:
- Includes over 25 percent more economic plants—approximately 2,700 new plants
- Comprises twice the data content of the first edition
- Contains more than 50,000 common names in all principal world languages, now including some in their original scripts
Zielgruppe
Plant scientists, crop scientists, botanists (especially economic and taxonomists), herbalists, natural product chemists, pharmacognosists, pharmacologists, food scientists, regulatory officials, agricultural extension agents (county & state).
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
Weitere Infos & Material
FOREWORD…ix
INTRODUCTION…xi
DISCUSSION OF CONTENT…xii
Scientific Names…xii
Synonymy…xiv
Common names…xiv
Economic Importance…xvi
Geographical Distribution…xxi
SYMBOLS AND ABBREVIATIONS…xxiv
REFERENCES CITED…xxvi
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS…xxxi
LIST OF REVIEWERS…xxxii
CATALOG OF ECONOMIC PLANTS…1
INDICES OF COMMON NAMES
LATIN-SCRIPT LANGUAGES…739
NON-LATIN-SCRIPT LANGUAGES
Arabic…1248
Chinese…1253
Greek…1272
Hebrew…1274
Japanese…1277
Korean…1289
Russian…1293
