The
Cross Name Index to Medicinal Plants
Author - Anthony R. Torkelson, Ph.D.
Description
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 to further research by providing
5400 scientific names cross- indexed to 41,000 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
Volumes II and III 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. The fourth volume,
published in 1999, expands the series to those plants used in Indian medicine.
The most comprehensive book of common names of medicinal plants available
Dr. Torkelson has collected information over the past 40 years, through his own
research and world travels, to compile this
distinctive work. Other publications offer limited alternate names of plants while The
Cross Name Index to Medicinal Plants
includes such diverse languages as English, Spanish, German, French, Italian, Portuguese,
Chinese, Arabian, Latin and many
African, Philippine, and Indian dialects.
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