The first reference to landraces as genetic resources dates from 1890. Some 20 years later
the first definitions of a landrace were published. In the period 1909–1952 several …

The Names of Plants is an invaluable reference for botanists and horticulturalists. The first
section gives an historical account of the significant changes in the ways that plants have …

This fourth edition of Plant Systematics is completely revised and updated. It incorporates
the updated International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Shenzhen …

Nomenclature, far from being a dry dusty subject, is today more relevant than ever before.
Researchers into genomics are discovering again the need for systems of nomenclature …

Cultivated potatoes have been classified as species under the International Code of
Botanical Nomenclature (ICBN) and as cultivar‐groups under the International Code of …

The high polymorphism of cultivated melons (Cucumis melo L.) has led botanists to propose
different infraspecific classifications. Two main schools can be recognized: one following the …

Biogenetic resources-the critical biological and chemical materials that underpin so much of
medicine, both modern and traditional, agriculture, and wider economic activity in so many …

Using experience with bambara groundnut (Vigna subterranea), this paper examines how
local knowledge, genetic evaluation, research in fields, glasshouses and laboratories, and …

Origin and domestication of Lactuca sativa L. Page 1 Genetic Resources and Crop Evolution
44: 165–174, 1997. 165 c 1997 Kluwer Academic Publishers. Printed in the Netherlands. Origin …

Based on historical reports, cytological evidence, bibliographic references, and taxonomic
evidence from herbarium specimens and in the field, this paper concludes that the common …