Given the frequent movement of commercial plants outside their native location,
the consistent and standard use of plant names for proper identification and
communication has become increasingly important. This second edition of World
Economic Plants: A Standard Reference is a key tool in the maintenance of
standards for the basic science underlying the quest for security of food and
other economic plant resources. Containing a substantial increase in content
from the previous edition, this comprehensive and accessible work now documents
more than 12,000 economically important vascular plants.
This volume covers plants and plant products that are traded, regulated, or
otherwise important to international commerce. The plant names