Name that Flower: The Identification of Flowering Plants: 3rd Edition

Ian Clarke, Helen Lee

• Publisher: Melbourne University Press Digital
• Year: 2019
• Print ISBN:
  9780522876048
• eBook ISBN:
  9780522876055
• Edition: 3
• Topic: Biowissenschaften
• Subtopic: Gartenbau

Name That Flower is a valued source of clear and concise information on identifying flowering plants from around the world, both cultivated and in the wild. This edition is updated to align with current systems of plant classification that incorporate advances in molecular DNA analysis. It includes more than 130 detailed line drawings, 64 colour pages and information on 46 plant families. The illustrations depict a selection of widely distributed gardens plants and weeds, and species native in eastern and southeastern Australia. Easily navigated, the book facilitates the successful use of standard identification manuals and online resources available in most parts of the world and introduces the reader to the arrangement of flowers on plants, reproduction, plant structure and function, and the way species are grouped and named. Methods for dissecting flowers and observing their structure for identification purposes are clearly described. This bestseller is used extensively as a teaching text in numerous courses concerned with the natural world, such as agriculture, horticulture, botany, environmental management and landscape design, as well as botanical art. It is an essential reference for serious gardeners and keen botanists, professional and amateur.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Title page
• Copyright page
• Contents
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1. Getting Started
• 2. The Structure of Flowers
• 3. Inflorescences—the arrangement of flowers on the plant
• 4. Reproduction
• 5. Introduction to Plant Structure and Function
• 6. Classification and Nomenclature—grouping and naming
• 7. The Process of Identification
• 8. Plant Families
• References and Websites
• Symbols, Abbreviations and Contractions
• Glossary
• Index