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020			_a9783540384342 _9978-3-540-38434-2
024	7		_a10.1007/978-3-540-38434-2 _2doi
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100	1		_aClifford, H. Trevor. _eauthor.
245	1	0	_aEtymological Dictionary of Grasses _h[electronic resource] / _cby H. Trevor Clifford, Peter D. Bostock.
264		1	_aBerlin, Heidelberg : _bSpringer Berlin Heidelberg, _c2007.
300			_aXII, 320 p. _bonline resource.
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_atext file _bPDF _2rda
505	0		_aDictionary -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- X -- Y -- Z.
520			_aAs employed here the term grass applies only to species included in the Poaceae, one of the largest families of flowering plants. However, the word is often applied to any herbaceous plant with long, narrow leaves. A similar view was adopted by the Ancients. The Greeks applied the words poa, poe and agrostis to herbaceous plants in general and the Romans employed the words gramen and herba in a similar sense. In both cultures, unique names were applied to species of economic or special s- nificance. As a major source of cereals, pasture plants and even timber, the Poaceae are one of the most important economic plant families. Many have acquired vernacular names but these vary from place to place and so are of limited value for technical purposes. For ease of professional communication vernacular names are replaced with bino- als whose use is controlled by an International body. Initially the binomials were derived mainly from words of Classical Greek or Latin, but the practice was never strictly enforced. Today taxonomists often employ words from their own language or resort to naming grasses after places, people, ships, uses, acronyms to name but a few sources. In the process the names are often Latinized making it difficult for readers, especially those whose language has not been inf- enced by the European Classics, to recognize their sources and to determine their meanings.
650		0	_aLife sciences.
650		0	_aAgriculture.
650		0	_aPlant ecology.
650		0	_aPlant science.
650		0	_aBotany.
650	1	4	_aLife Sciences.
650	2	4	_aPlant Systematics/Taxonomy/Biogeography.
650	2	4	_aPlant Sciences.
650	2	4	_aAgriculture.
650	2	4	_aPlant Ecology.
700	1		_aBostock, Peter D. _eauthor.
710	2		_aSpringerLink (Online service)
773	0		_tSpringer eBooks
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783540384328
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-38434-2
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950			_aBiomedical and Life Sciences (Springer-11642)
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