| This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of [[botany]] available. Drawing on the [[information]] contained in the acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of Natural History, the [[text]] has been fully revised to give wide coverage on topics including [[biochemistry]], [[plant physiology]], [[cytology]], [[ecology]], [[genetics]], [[evolution]], bio-geography, earth history, and the earth sciences. There is worldwide coverage of taxonomic groups: one-third of the entries are devoted to taxa, from bacteria and fungi to the main groups of flowering and non-flowering plants. | | This is the most comprehensive and up-to-date dictionary of [[botany]] available. Drawing on the [[information]] contained in the acclaimed Oxford Dictionary of Natural History, the [[text]] has been fully revised to give wide coverage on topics including [[biochemistry]], [[plant physiology]], [[cytology]], [[ecology]], [[genetics]], [[evolution]], bio-geography, earth history, and the earth sciences. There is worldwide coverage of taxonomic groups: one-third of the entries are devoted to taxa, from bacteria and fungi to the main groups of flowering and non-flowering plants. |