CRC world dictionary of medicinal and poisonous plants : common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology /

Quattrocchi, Umberto.

CRC world dictionary of medicinal and poisonous plants : common names, scientific names, eponyms, synonyms, and etymology / Umberto Quattrocchi. - Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, 2012 - 5 v. 28 cm.

Includes bibliographical references.

V. 1. A-B -- v. 2. C-D -- v. 3. E-L -- v. 4. M-Q -- v. 5. R-Z.

2) numbers of species, geographic range, and ecology for most entries 3) vernacular names, rejected names, and ortographic names 4) therapeutic values, clinical uses, pharmacological effects, and toxological activities. The materials found in the five volumes were gathered from papers of general interest, reports and records, taxonomic revisions, field studies, herbaria and herbarium collections, notes, monographs, pamphlets, botanical literature, and literature tour count. This dictionary provides: 1) genus names with authorities, synonyms, common names and etymology

9781420080445 (set)


Medicinal plants
Poisonous plants

QK 99.A1 / .Q29 2012