• Illustrations are simple and clear and accompany each description

• Comprehensive coverage with 4,500 terms

• Illustrations at the end of the book comparing similar terms

• Second edition includes 400 new terms including new vegetation terms, and an updated colour section This plant glossary includes all descriptive terms used in floras, plant field guides and monographs. This is an essential companion for anyone working with plant descriptions, plant identification keys, floras, monographs and field guides. In this second edition 4,500 botanical terms are described with accompanying illustrations, including a new section on vegetation terms and an updated colour section.

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