Hi, iNaturalists! I’m wondering if there is a good source (online might be nice, but it doesn’t have to be, book would be fine) of definitions of botanical terms (e.g., caudice, pilose, glabrous, glabate, serrate, abaxial, adaxial, and on forever). I am computer science educated. I didn’t have to t…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Glossary_of_botanical_terms has a ton http://conservationresearchinstitute.org/forms/CRI-FLORA-Glossary.pdf has illustrations for the terms typically applicable to our Midwest flora

I strongly recommend the book Plant Identification Terminology by Harris & Harris. All terms are illustrated with line drawing. First is a regular glossary, everything arranged alphabetically, and in the second half the terms are grouped by topic (leaves, leaf margins, leaf tips, etc.)

I think you’re my hero, @bouteloua . That PDF is a glorious thing.

Excellent, @sedgequeen ! I’ll look it up!

Thanks to @ orchidartist (Kathy Garness)!

[image] sedgequeen: I strongly recommend the book Plant Identification Terminology by Harris & Harris Came here to post that recommendation. As a chemist by training instead of a botanist, this book has helped me get onto the learning curve.

an “evergreen”: https://archive.org/details/BOTANICALLATINWILLIAMSTEARN/page/n161/mode/2up

This is a really good glossary, from the New York Botanical Garden: http://sweetgum.nybg.org/science/glossary/glossary-checklist/ Expertly curated and assembled, with clear photographs and drawings. (That key to Symphyotrichum is a real nightmare, though. You might be better off with a regional f…

[image] sedgequeen: I strongly recommend the book Plant Identification Terminology by Harris & Harris. Just adding my recommendation for this. Best reference book I have found so far for plant terminology.

That Harris and Harris book is one of the best. It was what our botany instructors recommended in grad school. Beentje, Henk 2014 The Kew Plant Glossary - an Illustrated Dictionary of Plant Terms Glimn-Lacy and Kaufman 2006 Botany Illustrated - Introduction to Plants, Major Groups, Flowering Pla…

Good source for botanical term definitions, preferably with photo examples?

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Just adding my recommendation for this. Best reference book I have found so far for plant terminology.

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Good source for botanical term definitions, preferably with photo examples?

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