Botanical Latin is accepted by horticulturists and botanists
everywhere as the medium for naming new plants, and botanical research
is almost impossible without reference to the vast number of first
descriptions in Latin ? much information is available in no other
language. For gardeners, too, a working knowledge of botanical Latin is
essential for the accurate identification of plants in the garden. Now
available in paperback, the fourth edition of this internationally
renowned handbook summarizes the grammar and syntax of botanical Latin,
and covers the origins of Latin and latinized geographical names, color
terms, symbols and abbreviations, diagnoses and descriptions, the
formation of names and epithets, and much more.