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Zusatztext "Not only will readers find useful plants such as marigolds and com! they will also discover plants that have a negative economic impact! including noxious weeds and poisonous species. ? beneficial to multilingual researchers or researchers working in culturally diverse departments. As a reference intended for experts! it has a place in agronomy! agriculture! botany! and specialized economic libraries. ? Recommended."-J. Clemons! State University of New York-ESF for CHOICE Magazine! March 2014"? useful as a reputable source of this kind of concentrated information! in handbook fashion. It is hard to find a comparable work because of the focus and extent of this volume and the number of entries."-Journal of Agricultural & Food Information! July 2013"Several dictionaries and checklists of economic plants were available before the publication of this volume. The amount of information in this reference! however! supersedes all previous attempts. It is a monumental achievement! and I am sure that it will be heavily used for many years to come.-Marcel Rejmanek! University of California! Davis! Davis! California! USA! in Plant Science Bulletin! SUMMER 2013 VOLUME 59 NUMBER 2"... will be most useful in academic libraries! particularly those serving degree programs in agriculture! business! pharmacology! and food science."-Maren Williams for ARBAonlinePraise for the First Edition: "This is a reference book-with some 13!000 scientific names and synonyms and almost 20!000 common names-there is a great deal to refer to. Given the care with which it has been prepared! partly via consultation with nearly 150 taxonomic or agricultural experts! it will likely achieve the 'standard' goal as well ? . The main body of this tome is organized alphabetically by genus and within the genera by species epithet. In addition to the scientific name and author accepted by the experts consulted! synonyms are listed. Furthermore common name! uses and distribution are given ? . This is a very fine book that I am glad to have on my shelf and I know I will consult it regularly. ? The authors are to be congratulated-and thanked-for this monumental effort."-Gregory J. Anderson! Ecology and Evolutionary Biology! University of Connecticut! Plant Science Bulletin "If you have no idea why a plant is used! nor where it grows! this volume! as far as it goes! is a taxonomically thorough and useful first stop."-Hew D. V. Prendergast! Royal Botanic Gardens Kew! New Phytol. "This excellent reference book will be close to my right hand at my computer to help me find the latest name for a disputed plant. ? a very concise dictionary of the names! major synonyms! uses and distribution of greater than 9!500 of the most important economic plants. I admire the consistency of the formatting so you know where to find the info you seek."-James A. ("Jim") Duke! Botanical Consultant and best-selling author"This is the most thoroughly researched and reviewed book on the market for economic plants ? . Moreover! Wiersema and Le?n's book was reviewed by 150 specialists; no other can make that claim."-Daniel Austin! Director of Environmental Sciences! Florida Atlantic University? Informationen zum Autor John H. Wiersema, Ph.D. , has worked to develop an extensive and exhaustive taxonomic resource on economic plants, especially those important to global agriculture, for nearly 30 years. This activity has been carried out as the curator of taxonomic data for the USDA’s national germplasm system’s GRIN database. Through this work, Dr. Wiersema has gained global standing as a specialist in plant nomenclature, and now has direct editorial involvement with both the botanical and cultivated plant codes of international nomenclature and the international nomenclature journal Taxon . Dr. Wiersema is also well known as a specialist on the taxonomy of the water-lily family, and is responsible for the discovery and description...
