Author : Anthony R. Torkelson
Publisher : CRC-Press
ISBN 13 : 9780849326356
Total Pages : 1200 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (263 download)
Book Synopsis Cross Name Index to Medicinal Plants by : Anthony R. Torkelson
Download or read book Cross Name Index to Medicinal Plants written by Anthony R. Torkelson and published by CRC-Press. This book was released on 1997-08-01 with total page 1200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Researchers of medicinal plants often find unfamiliar references to herbs when reading through ethnobotanical literature. Very often, they are familiar with the plant but not with the name used in a given context. This book eliminates the time-consuming task of further research by providing 28,000 common names of medicinal plants in a single source. International in scope, this unique reference allows matching of scientific and common names through a comprehensive cross index. The first volume is organized alphabetically by scientific name while the other two volumes are a cross index by common name. Phylum, order, and family are also provided as well as the language of the common name which helps to identify its geographic location.