草類語源辞典 Etymological Dictionary of Grasses

Clifford, Harold Tr./ Bostock, Peter D.

Springer（2006/10発売）

• 製本 Hardcover:ハードカバー版／ページ数 320 p.
• 商品コード 9783540384328

基本説明

Provides explanations of the meaning and origins of generic and specific names of grasses, one of the largest and economically most important plant families. About 12,500 entries.

Full Description

As employed here the term grass applies only to species included in the Poaceae, one of the largest families of flowering plants. Today taxonomists often employ words from their own language or resort to naming grasses after places, people, ships, uses, acronyms to name but a few sources.