Reference Works

These references represent some of the books used by the editors when processing FLORA NEOTROPICA manuscripts. They are listed here as an added source of information to the authors. The list does not pretend to be complete.

General Dictionaries

ENGLISH: Webster's new collegiate dictionary, 9th ed. 1984. Merriam Co., Springfield, Massachusetts.

FRENCH: Cassell's French dictionary (French-English; English-French). Macmillan Publishing Co., New York.

PORTUGUESE: Novo Michaelis dicionário ilustrado. Ed. Melhoramentos, São Paulo.

SPANISH: Real Academia Española. Diccionario de la Lengua Española. Ed. Espasa-Calpe, S.A., Madrid.

Botanical Dictionaries

Font-Quer, P. 1975. Diccionário de botánica. Editorial Labor, S.A., Barcelona-Madrid.

Jackson, B. D. 1971. A glossary of botanic terms, 4th ed. Duckworth & Co., London.

Mabberley, D. J. 1987. The plant book. A portable dictionary of the higher plants. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

----------. 1997. The plant book. A portable dictionary of the vascular plants, 2nd ed. Cambridge University Press, New York.

Stearn, W. F. 1992. Botanical Latin, 4th ed. David & Charles, Newton Abbot, England.

Willis, J. C. 1985. Flowering plants and ferns, 8th ed. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

Style Manuals

CBE style manual, 6th ed. 1995. Council of Biological Editors, Inc. Bethesda, Maryland.

The Chicago manual of style, 14th ed. 1994. University of Chicago Press, Chicago.

The Oxford dictionary for writers and editors. 1981. Clarendon Press, Oxford.

Illustrations

Allen, A. 1977. Steps toward better scientific illustrations, 2nd ed. Allen Press, Lawrence, Kansas.

Holmgren, N. & B. Angell. 1986. Botanical illustration: Preparation for publication. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.

Other General Reference Works

Bridson, G. D. R. 1991. Supplement to Botanico-Periodicum-Huntianum (B-P-H). Hunt Botanical Library, Pittsburgh.

Brummitt, R. K. & C. E. Powell. 1992. Authors of plant names. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Farr, E. R., J. A. Leussink & F. A. Stafleu (eds.). 1979. Index nominum genericorum (Plantarum), 3 vols. Regnum Veg. 100, 101, 102. Bohn, Scheltema & Holkema, Utrecht.

----------, ---------- & G. Zijlstra (eds.). 1986. Index nominum genericorum, Supplementum I. Regnum Veg. 113. Bohn, Scheltema, and Holkema, Utrecht.

Greuter, W. et al. 1994. International code of botanical nomenclature, adopted by the Fifteenth International Botanical Congress, Tokyo, 1994. Regnum Veg. 131. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein.

Holmgren, P. K., N. H. Holmgren, & L. C. Barnett. 1990. Index herbariorum, Part I. The herbaria of the world, 8th ed. Regnum Veg. 120. The New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York.

Index of maps of Hispanic America 1: 1,000,000. American Geographical Society Publication 5, 1943.

Lawrence, G. H. M., A. F. G. Buchheim, G. S. Daniels & H. Dolezal. 1968. Botanico-Periodicum-Huntianum (B-P-H). Hunt Botanical Library, Pittsburgh.

Stafleu, F. A. & R. S. Cowan. 1976-1988. Taxonomic literature, 2nd ed., Vols. 1-7. Regnum Veget. 94, 98, 105, 110, 112, 115, 116. Bohn, Scheltema, and Holkema, Utrecht.

---------- & E. A. Mennega. 1992-1995. Taxonomic literature, supplements I-III. Regnum Veg. 125, 130, 132. Koeltz Scientific Books, Königstein.