Download or read book Glossary of Seed and Fruit Morphological Terms written by Wolfgang Stuppy and published by . This book was released on 2004 with total page 24 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Glossary of Seed Germination Terms for Tree Seed Workers written by F. T. Bonner and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 8 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Manual for the Identification of Plant Seeds and Fruits written by R.T.J. Cappers and published by Barkhuis. This book was released on 2022-12-02 with total page 47 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The taxonomic and ecological identification of individual seeds and fruits of wild and cultivated plants is not always straightforward. This book helps you to get started, and also serves as a basis for further identification. It describes the inflorescence(s) and infructescence(s) seen in each of a set of 30 plant families, as well as the morphology of the seeds and fruits (with special emphasis on typology), the dispersal units (diaspores), and, if present, heterodiaspory. The manual is richly illustrated with 640 colour photos of inflorescences, infructescences, seeds, fruits, and diaspores. Technical terms are described in a glossary. Indices of scientific plant names and subject names are included. This book will be of interest not only to those engaged in the identification of seeds and fruits, such as those who work in seed testing, but also to taxonomists, ecologists, archaeobotanists, and florists who wonder what they are looking at. This handbook is a completely revised version of the first edition, which was published in 2013. An important adaptation relates to new developments in plant taxonomy and the classification of fruits and diaspores. The number of plant families has been extended from 19 to 30. A Manual for the identification of plant seeds and fruits describes the following plant families: Amaranthaceae Apiaceae Asparagaceae Asteraceae Boraginaceae Brassicaceae Caprifoliaceae Caryophyllaceae Convolvulaceae Cucurbitaceae Cyperaceae Ericaceae Euphorbiaceae Fabaceae Geraniaceae Juncaceae Lamiaceae Linaceae Malvaceae Onagraceae Papaveraceae Plantaginaceae Poaceae Polygonaceae Primulaceae Ranunculaceae Rosaceae Rubiaceae Scrophulariaceae Solanaceae See this pdf for some example pages. This book is a publication of the Digital Plant Atlas project, a collaboration among palaeobotanists and ecologists of the Rijksuniversiteit Groningen, in the Netherlands, and the Deutsches Archäologisches Institut, in Berlin, Germany. The project aims to make plant reference collections accessible to a broader public of amateur and professional users via its website, www.plantatlas.eu. For the other publications, see this website and the Preface to this book.
Download or read book A Manual for the Identification of Plant Seeds and Fruits written by R.T.J. Cappers and published by Barkhuis. This book was released on 2022-02-05 with total page 400 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The taxonomic and ecological identification of individual seeds and fruits of wild and cultivated plants is not always straightforward. This book helps you to get started, and also serves as a basis for further identification. It describes the inflorescence(s) and infructescence(s) seen in each of a set of 30 plant families, as well as the morphology of the seeds and fruits (with special emphasis on typology), the dispersal units (diaspores), and, if present, heterodiaspory. The manual is richly illustrated with 640 color photos of inflorescences, infructescences, seeds, fruits, and diaspores. Technical terms are described in a glossary. Indices of scientific plant names and subject names are included. This book will be of interest not only to those engaged in the identification of seeds and fruits, such as those who work in seed testing, but also to taxonomists, ecologists, archaeobotanists, and florists who wonder what they are looking at. This handbook is a completely revised version of the first edition, which was published in 2013. An important adaptation relates to new developments in plant taxonomy and the classification of fruits and diaspores. The number of plant families has been extended from 19 to 30.
Download or read book Anatomy of Flowering Plants written by Paula J. Rudall and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2007-03-15 with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the 2007 third edition of her successful textbook, Paula Rudall provides a comprehensive yet succinct introduction to the anatomy of flowering plants. Thoroughly revised and updated throughout, the book covers all aspects of comparative plant structure and development, arranged in a series of chapters on the stem, root, leaf, flower, seed and fruit. Internal structures are described using magnification aids from the simple hand-lens to the electron microscope. Numerous references to recent topical literature are included, and new illustrations reflect a wide range of flowering plant species. The phylogenetic context of plant names has also been updated as a result of improved understanding of the relationships among flowering plants. This clearly written text is ideal for students studying a wide range of courses in botany and plant science, and is also an excellent resource for professional and amateur horticulturists.
Download or read book Complete Glossary of SEED BIOLOGY TECHNOLOGY written by Muhammad Kamran Khan and published by . This book was released on 2020-05-12 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This glossary is compiled to meet an expressed need for a concise, precise glossary of terms of seed biology and practical seed handling to be used. For example, during translation of any technical papers. This glossary is a complete glossary. It is kept strictly to the seed biology and seed technology.Complete glossary of seed biology and seed technology is arranged alphabetically (A-Z). More than 400 terms are mentioned here. Most of the terms and elaborated with pictures which makes it quite easy to understand each and every term.In order to make this glossary perfect, a unique style is followed. Cross-reference to other related terms and provision of explanatory illustrations where considered relevant are explained. All the reference terms written in italics are explained elsewhere in this glossary.Double words are usually explained under the alphabetic initial of the most prevalent word. Processing, seed; Extraction, seed, etc. rather than seed processing and Seed extraction. In some cases, it has, however, been relevant for easy reference to group terms, e.g. all dormancy terms listed under Dormancy.I tried my best to make this book must include each and every term which is used in seed biology and seed technology.
Download or read book Plant Morphology written by Source Wikipedia and published by University-Press.org. This book was released on 2013-09 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 278. Chapters: Fruit, Dicotyledon, Drupe, Ficus, Seed, Shrub, Pollen, Berry, Gametophyte, Samara, Bulb, Vine, Branch, Epiphyte, Shoot, Hypanthium, Inflorescence, Tuber, Accessory fruit, Vernation, Radicle, Twig, Aquatic plant, Petal, Stamen, Glossary of botanical terms, Flower, Glossary of plant morphology terms, Tree, Biosequestration, Leaf, Succulent plant, Strobilanthes callosus, Pollination syndrome, Plant sexuality, Germination, Thalamiflorae, Conifer cone, Stolon, Plant stem, Tumbleweed, Gynoecium, Phyllotaxis, Nut, Zoophily, Tree hollow, Bulbous plant, Dehiscence, Cushion plant, Phytolith, Thorns, spines, and prickles, Legume, Endosperm, Ovule, Cuticle, Storage organ, Foxtail, Double-flowered, Parthenocarpy, Liana, Strobilus, Abscission, Fruit anatomy, List of trifoliate plants, Monoicous, Prostrate shrub, Trichome, Sporophyte, Rosette, Xerophyte, Ovary, Stele, Clonal colony, Corm, Seedling, Serotiny, Leaf shape, Floral symmetry, Chaff, Frond, Tentacle, Leaf angle distribution, Bract, Achene, Drift seed, Elaiosome, Heterostyly, Woody plant, Fascicle, Areole, Strangler fig, Pith, Obconic, Lenticel, Rostellum, Herbaceous plant, Subshrub, Aril, Platyhypnidium riparioides, Stipule, Mesophyte, Diaspore, Pseudanthium, Cereus, Sepal, Stigma, Glaucous, Catkin, Tepal, Crown sprouting, Pome, Underground stem, Thallus, Pinnate, Anemophily, Tubercle, Forb, Raceme, Lammas growth, Acotyledon, Mallee, Tendril, Sporophyll, Hypocotyl, Sporocarp, Decurrent, Column, Cyathium, Spadix, Cladoptosis, Cyclic flower, Capsule, Groundcover, Branch collar, Husk, Trunk, Indeterminate growth, Petiole, Ligule, Multiple fruit, Ramification, Helical growth, List of world's largest seeds, Panicle, Stipe, Primordium, Chalaza, Receptacle, Habit, Marlock, Endodermis, Pseudobulb, Rachis, Fasciation, Silique, Cauliflory, Compound fruit, Mast, Fructification, ..
Download or read book Plant Systematics written by Michael G. Simpson and published by Elsevier. This book was released on 2011-08-09 with total page 603 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant Systematics is a comprehensive and beautifully illustrated text, covering the most up-to-date and essential paradigms, concepts, and terms required for a basic understanding of plant systematics. This book contains numerous cladograms that illustrate the evolutionary relationships of major plant groups, with an emphasis on the adaptive significance of major evolutionary novelties. It provides descriptions and classifications of major groups of angiosperms, including over 90 flowering plant families; a comprehensive glossary of plant morphological terms, as well as appendices on botanical illustration and plant descriptions. Pedagogy includes review questions, exercises, and references that complement each chapter. This text is ideal for graduate and undergraduate students in botany, plant taxonomy, plant systematics, plant pathology, ecology as well as faculty and researchers in any of the plant sciences. The Henry Allan Gleason Award of The New York Botanical Garden, awarded for "Outstanding recent publication in the field of plant taxonomy, plant ecology, or plant geography" (2006) Contains numerous cladograms that illustrate the evolutionary relationships of major plant groups, with an emphasis on the adaptive significance of major evolutionary novelties Provides descriptions and classifications of major groups of angiosperms, including over 90 flowering plant families Includes a comprehensive glossary of plant morphological terms as well as appendices on botanical illustration and plant description
Download or read book A Glossary of Botanic Terms with Their Derivation and Accent written by Benjamin Daydon Jackson and published by . This book was released on 1953 with total page 504 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Does not include technical terms not relating to botany and gives only the botany-related definition of terms having meaning in other fields. The " Supplement of additional terms " from the 3d ed. has not been incorporated into the main glossary but has again been appended
Download or read book Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East European Flora written by Vít Bojnanský and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2007-09-17 with total page 1079 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Atlas of Seeds and Fruits of Central and East-European Flora presents nearly 4,800 seed illustrations, supplemented with detailed seed descriptions, brief plant descriptions, and information on the locality and the native source of plants. The Carpathian flora covered here occurs not only in the Carpathian Mountains, but also in large lowlands extending towards the south, north and east and involves introduced and invading flora of more than 7,500 species. This publication is unique on two counts. Its scope extends to an unprecedented number of different plant seeds from a wide-ranging region. Moreover, it presents descriptions in unusual detail.
Download or read book Vascular Plant Systematics written by Albert E. Radford and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1974 with total page 924 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Dictionary Of Seed Technological Terms written by Choundappan Dharmalingam and published by . This book was released on 2001-01-01 with total page 109 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Dendrology Cones Flowers Fruits and Seeds written by Marilena Idzojtic and published by Academic Press. This book was released on 2019-06-28 with total page 800 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dendrology: Cones, Flowers, Fruits and Seeds offers a comprehensive overview of the morphology of reproductive organs of woody plants of Europe in one resource. The book contains 2020 woody taxa (845 species, 58 subspecies, 38 varieties, 13 forms, 40 hybrids and 1026 cultivars), belonging to 400 genera and 121 families. It includes 447 taxa of trees and shrubs that are autochthonous in Europe and numerous ornamental species that originate from North America, Asia, South America, Australia and Africa, along with invasive woody species. Accompanied by thousands of original photographs, the book is designed to efficiently guide the reader to accurate identification. Other features include taxa organized in alphabetical order of their botanical names, flowering and fruiting time, mode of fruit or seed dispersal, and distribution range, making this a must-have reference for students and researchers in dendrology, botany, forestry, forest management and conservation, arboriculture and horticulture. Includes 2,020 taxa of trees and shrubs important for the European dendrology Provides detailed descriptions of reproductive organs and data on the reproductive biology of the described taxa Contains 6,644 original, high-quality photographs of habits, cones, flowers, fruits and seeds
Download or read book Flora of New South Wales written by Gwen Jean Harden and published by UNSW Press. This book was released on 2000 with total page 766 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A comprehensive revised edition incorporating recent developments such as changes to species names, significant changes to classifications, as well as information on newly described plants.
Download or read book Embryology of Flowering Plants Terminology and Concepts Vol 3 written by T B Batygina and published by CRC Press. This book was released on 2019-04-23 with total page 512 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Plant embryology, dealing with the regularities of initiation and the first stages of development of an organism, is now flourishing because of the overall progress being made in natural sciences. Such discoveries of the 20th century as production of plants from a single somatic cell, experimental haploidy, and parasexual hybridization were of general biological significance. The combined efforts of embryologists, geneticists and molecular biologists yielded the discovery of specific genes that control meiosis, egg cell development and early stages of embryogenesis. The tendency to synthesize data of embryology and genetics has become increasingly noticeable. It is connected with the fact that the majority of problems connected with morphogenesis, such as differentiation, specialization, the evaluation of features and the definition of the notionsgene and feature andgenotype and phenotype concern embryology and genetics (embryogenetics) in one way or another. Evolutionary embryology has given rise to a new approach to the study of problems of adaptation in plants. In connection with the problem of preserving biological diversity under conditions of ecological stress, special attention is paid to ecological embryology, revealing the critical periods in early ontogenesis and plasticity and tolerance of reproductive systems at the level of species and population. The study of variability of morphogenesis and phenotype in population (life cycle variations and the diversity of reproductive systems) is the most important point in the population embryology of plants.
Download or read book Definitional Glossary of Agricultural Terms Volume II written by Dinesh Kumar and published by I. K. International Pvt Ltd. This book was released on 2013-12-30 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Definitional Glossary of Agricultural Terms (Vol-2) includes the terms related to crop sciences, e.g. genetics, biotechnology, plant breeding, plant physiology and biochemistry, plant pathology, plant protection, horticulture, seed science and technology, statistics, internet, library and information sciences, etc. Very often descriptive text, related terms, synonyms and antonyms are given in addition to the proper definition to help the reader to understand the term in its context and practical use. Useful information pertaining to cell biology, agronomy, soils, soil fertility, manures and fertilizers, organic farming and crop residues, etc. have been presented in tabular form. Tables relating to symbols, units of measurements and conversion factors are also provided.
Download or read book The Origins of Agriculture in the Ancient Near East written by Shahal Abbo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2022-03-24 with total page 289 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rapid and knowledge-based agricultural origins and plant domestication in the Neolithic Near East gave rise to Western civilizations.
