Plant names : a guide to botanical nomenclature

Natural hybrids......Page 6
Acknowledgements......Page 4
Foreword......Page 12
Foreword to the third edition......Page 14
Introduction to the Codes of plant nomenclature......Page 16
Why do we have two Codes?......Page 18
Part 1 – Wild Plants......Page 20
Structure......Page 22
Origin......Page 23
Common names as an alternative to botanical names......Page 24
Historical and cultural value......Page 27
Latin names, the binomial system and plant classification......Page 29
Principles of the Botanical Code......Page 31
The nested hierarchy......Page 36
Order......Page 37
Family......Page 38
Species......Page 39
Form......Page 41
Nomenclatural changes......Page 43
Taxonomic changes......Page 44
Misidentifications and misapplied names......Page 52
What name to use?......Page 53
Part 2 – Cultivated Plants and Cultigens......Page 58
The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants......Page 60
Cultivated plants......Page 61
The cultigen......Page 62
Cultigens and the Cultivated Plant Code......Page 64
Cultigen classification......Page 65
Ranks......Page 66
Taxa......Page 67
Cultivars......Page 68
Graft-chimaeras......Page 70
Cultigen hybrids......Page 71
Wild plants in cultivation named under the Botanical Code only......Page 73
Wild plants in cultivation that are given cultivar names......Page 74
Publication......Page 76
Acceptance......Page 77
Use of Latin for cultigen epithets......Page 78
Priority......Page 79
Nomenclatural Standards......Page 80
New names for existing cultivars......Page 82
Procedure for introducing a new cultivar......Page 83
Does it clearly have some merit over plants already available?......Page 84
How do I choose a new name?......Page 85
Cultivar registration......Page 86
Part 3 – Using Plant Names......Page 102
Genus name......Page 104
Species name......Page 105
Cultivated variety (cultivar)......Page 106
Hybrids......Page 107
Collective names and greges (grexes)......Page 109
Synonyms......Page 110
Uncertain names......Page 111
Common names......Page 112
Spelling......Page 113
The structure of Latin names......Page 115
Stress on syllables......Page 116
People and places......Page 117
Word derivations......Page 119
Recommended format for nursery plant labels......Page 121
Part 4 – Plant Name Resources......Page 126
Genera......Page 128
Floras and checklists of currently accepted plant names......Page 129
Pacific......Page 130
North and South America......Page 131
Africa......Page 132
Horticultural floras and checklists......Page 133
International cultivar registration authorities......Page 134
Authors of plant names......Page 146
Botanical Latin, pronunciation, name derivations and meanings......Page 147
Classification systems......Page 148
Europe......Page 149
North America......Page 150
Appendix......Page 152
Examples of different kinds of plant names according to the Codes, including different kinds of plants and where they are gowing......Page 153
Glossary......Page 159
References......Page 171
Index......Page 174