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'The Plant-book is now widely established as a classic botanical work and an essential reference for any person, professional or amateur … recommended as an essential and modern reference for anyone interested in botany.' New Zealand Journal of Botany
'No one working seriously with living vascular plants should be without a copy.' Choice
Praise for the second edition: 'Send your congratulations to Mabberley by purchasing a copy. It may encourage him to produce a third edition.' P. Mick Richardson, Plant Science Bulletin
'This book is an extremely valuable reference for researchers in plant biology, and perhaps even more for those in other fields involving plants. The compact format of the book adds to its value, making it a portable reference.' Neal M. Williams, The Quarterly Review of Biology
'This is first and foremost a reference for taxonomists and is a most handy and useful book for horticulturists wishing a comprehensive single volume for taxonomic inquiry. The book contains an incredible amount of information and is a credit to the perseverance and work of Dr. Mabberly.' Allan M. Armitage, HortScience
'The 858 thin (but strong) pages, the hard cover, and the small dimensions (23.5 x 12 x 3.5 cm) of this second edition make this book the true portable, practical, and most updated reference manual on today's market, and I recommend it to any person interested in plants.' Brittania
'D.J. Mabberley and his wondrous Plant-Book ... being all encompassing and indispensable, the botanical equivalent of Johnson's Dictionary' Tim Flannery, The New York Review
'I am rarely without Mabberley's Plant-book. Not only my desert-island book, it's one that would actually be useful on a desert island, even if the island had nothing more to offer than the cartoonist's obligatory coconut palm. Essential kit for botanists, gardeners, and naturalists … Much more than a gazetteer of global flora, it includes the currently accepted botanical name of each genus, details of its distribution and ecology, its biology and taxonomic relationships, its vernacular names and the uses made of it by humankind. It achieves all this in only 1,040 pages by resorting to a botanical shorthand that's compressed but never cryptic.' Country Life
'this is a plant dictionary of a different sort, written for botanists, horticulturalists, ecologists and writers and listing everything you could possibly need to know about plants.' The Professional Gardener
'This book is in a class of its own. …this has long been, and still is, the book to have if you are interested in plants in any way. Should you want to know what family a plant genus is in, or how many species are in the genus Solanum, or what strange uses some plants are put to, this book is indispensable. … This book is unique. It is an indispensable resources that belongs on every plant lover's shelf, to be consulted often and to be enjoyed.' The Plantsman
'… a very welcome update on the 2nd edition … In addition to the 1650 new entries, almost all the original ones have been updated as data from newly published work has become available. Economically and ecologically important mosses are included for the first time as are the stoneworts …' Biologist
'… indispensable for anyone who is writing about plants.' The Mediterranean Garden
'A most useful book. Recommended!' Blumea
'No one working seriously with living vascular plants should be without a copy.' Choice
Praise for the second edition: 'Send your congratulations to Mabberley by purchasing a copy. It may encourage him to produce a third edition.' P. Mick Richardson, Plant Science Bulletin
'This book is an extremely valuable reference for researchers in plant biology, and perhaps even more for those in other fields involving plants. The compact format of the book adds to its value, making it a portable reference.' Neal M. Williams, The Quarterly Review of Biology
'This is first and foremost a reference for taxonomists and is a most handy and useful book for horticulturists wishing a comprehensive single volume for taxonomic inquiry. The book contains an incredible amount of information and is a credit to the perseverance and work of Dr. Mabberly.' Allan M. Armitage, HortScience
'The 858 thin (but strong) pages, the hard cover, and the small dimensions (23.5 x 12 x 3.5 cm) of this second edition make this book the true portable, practical, and most updated reference manual on today's market, and I recommend it to any person interested in plants.' Brittania
'D.J. Mabberley and his wondrous Plant-Book ... being all encompassing and indispensable, the botanical equivalent of Johnson's Dictionary' Tim Flannery, The New York Review
'I am rarely without Mabberley's Plant-book. Not only my desert-island book, it's one that would actually be useful on a desert island, even if the island had nothing more to offer than the cartoonist's obligatory coconut palm. Essential kit for botanists, gardeners, and naturalists … Much more than a gazetteer of global flora, it includes the currently accepted botanical name of each genus, details of its distribution and ecology, its biology and taxonomic relationships, its vernacular names and the uses made of it by humankind. It achieves all this in only 1,040 pages by resorting to a botanical shorthand that's compressed but never cryptic.' Country Life
'this is a plant dictionary of a different sort, written for botanists, horticulturalists, ecologists and writers and listing everything you could possibly need to know about plants.' The Professional Gardener
'This book is in a class of its own. …this has long been, and still is, the book to have if you are interested in plants in any way. Should you want to know what family a plant genus is in, or how many species are in the genus Solanum, or what strange uses some plants are put to, this book is indispensable. … This book is unique. It is an indispensable resources that belongs on every plant lover's shelf, to be consulted often and to be enjoyed.' The Plantsman
'… a very welcome update on the 2nd edition … In addition to the 1650 new entries, almost all the original ones have been updated as data from newly published work has become available. Economically and ecologically important mosses are included for the first time as are the stoneworts …' Biologist
'… indispensable for anyone who is writing about plants.' The Mediterranean Garden
'A most useful book. Recommended!' Blumea
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Mabberley's Plant-Book is internationally accepted as an essential reference text for anyone studying, growing or writing about plants. In over 20,000 entries this comprehensive dictionary provides information on every family and genus of seed-bearing plant (including gymnosperms) plus ferns and clubmosses, combining taxonomic details and uses with English and other vernacular names. In this new edition each entry has been updated to take into consideration the most recent literature, notably the great advances from molecular analyses, and over 1650 additional new entries (including ecologically and economically important genera of mosses) have been added, ensuring that Mabberley's Plant-Book continues to rank among the most practical and authoritative botanical texts available.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
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For anyone working with scientific names of plants, this is an essential tool. It gives you the scientific name for many a common name. At family level it gives you synonymy, technical details such as systematic position and main characters, it tells you numbers of genera and main uses. At genus level, it gives you synonymy, similar details for the more important genera, numbers of species, main uses (used as copper indicator in Russia; suitable for marmalade) or interesting little snippets (often found on greenhouse floors; hollow twigs inhabited by ants) plus comments on relationships, chromosome numbers etc. This is, as it states on the title page, 'a portable dictionary of the higher plants'. It is a goldmine.
My room is filled with books on plants; this is one of the books that has to be at hand at all times. In fact, I have two copies - one at home, one at work. A great little volume.
My room is filled with books on plants; this is one of the books that has to be at hand at all times. In fact, I have two copies - one at home, one at work. A great little volume.
6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
Format:Hardcover
An essential reference for anyone training in horticulture. Easy to work with, comprehensive index making information easy to locate within the book.
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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful
A review is superfluous
9 July 2000
Format:Hardcover
This book does not need a review. Anybody who is involved in plants, other than the garden kind, knows full well that this is an essential reference. Quite up to date too, which is pretty amazing in view of the pace that science sets. There is an enormous mass of data in here, printed on very thin paper, making for a very handy book that will fit a spot near where you need it, which is likely to be often.
11 of 12 people found the following review helpful
My most used reference book
7 Nov 1999
Format:Hardcover
As a graduate student in ecology I often encounter unfamiliar genera in the literature, and a quick peek in Mabberley gives me enough taxonomic grounding to keep plowing ahead. By constantly referring to this book, I have greatly improved my knowledge of plant relationships.
2 of 2 people found the following review helpful
Once more 5 stars
16 July 2010
Format:Hardcover|Amazon Verified Purchase
A little bit too pricey for a casual purchase, therefore I would be surprised if it ever gets less than 5 stars. I have been using this book at the Botanical Research Institute of Texas (BRIT) for adding collections of specimens to the herbarium at BRIT. It is generally considered the standard work and definitive answer to current plant family names. It is also great for looking up abbreviations of botanists' names (you know, those little abbreviations at the end of the plant's scientific name).
It was time to get my own copy. Essential reference and "the word" for taxonomy.
It was time to get my own copy. Essential reference and "the word" for taxonomy.
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