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Posted by luvdogs z10? AZ (My Page) on

Wed, Sep 1, 04 at 22:40

Could any of you good people out there give me a reference for "Plant Taxonomy for Dummies"? i.e. any articles or books that explain it in kindergarten terms - Western Garden book says that first word is genus, second is species. Well then what is it when there are three words or only one?

thanx
vicky

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Posted by kdjoergensen z6b NJ (My Page) on
Thu, Sep 2, 04 at 11:14

Here are some links which may help you:

http://www.brooklyn.cuny.edu/bc/ahp/CLAS/CLAS.Linn.html

http://www.plantexplorers.com/Explorers/Biographies/_Footnotes/Classification.htm

http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/animal_1.htm

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Posted by luvdogs z10? AZ (My Page) on
Fri, Sep 3, 04 at 21:53

great links - thanx.

how do I find out what the species terms mean? Sometimes they are obvious it says but what about the strange ones?

vic

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Posted by Josh z8 GA (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 4, 04 at 6:27

Vic, this site may be helpful. josh

Here is a link that might be useful: Botanical glossary

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Posted by Josh z8 GA (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 4, 04 at 6:35

Here's another..josh

Here is a link that might be useful: Glossary

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Posted by Shelley_R 7b NC (My Page) on
Sat, Sep 4, 04 at 10:53

Here's a couple more links.

A Historical Look at Plant Classification
http://anthro.palomar.edu/animal/animal_1.htm

Here is a link that might be useful: Scientific classification

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