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100 1 _aBernhardt, Peter
_eautore
245 1 0 _aGods and Goddesses in the Garden :
_bGreco-Roman Mythology and the Scientific Names of Plants /
_cPeter Bernhardt.
264 1 _aNew Brunswick, NJ :
_bRutgers University Press,
_c[2008]
264 4 _c©2008
300 _a1 online resource (264 p.) :
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505 0 0 _tFrontmatter --
_tContents --
_tPreface: The Face in the Flower --
_tAcknowledgments --
_tDisclaimer --
_tChapter 1. In the Cyclop’s Orchard --
_tChapter 2. Constructing a Centaur --
_tChapter 3. Mother Earth and Her Children --
_tChapter 4. The Triumph of Zeus --
_tChapter 5. The Gods of Olympus --
_tChapter 6. Mortal Monarchs and Monsters --
_tChapter 7. Troy and Its Aftermath --
_tEpilogue: A Plant for Persephone? --
_tGlossary --
_tSelected and Annotated Bibliography --
_tGeneral Index --
_tIndex of Scientific Names --
_tAbout the Author
506 0 _arestricted access
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520 _aZeus, Medusa, Hercules, Aphrodite. Did you know that these and other dynamic deities, heroes, and monsters of Greek and Roman mythology live on in the names of trees and flowers? Some grow in your local woodlands or right in your own backyard garden. In this delightful book, botanist Peter Bernhardt reveals the rich history and mythology that underlie the origins of many scientific plant names. Unlike other books about botanical taxonomy that take the form of heavy and intimidating lexicons, Bernhardt's account comes together in a series of interlocking stories. Each chapter opens with a short version of a classical myth, then links the tale to plant names, showing how each plant "resembles" its mythological counterpart with regard to its history, anatomy, life cycle, and conservation. You will learn, for example, that as our garden acanthus wears nasty spines along its leaf margins, it is named for the nymph who scratched the face of Apollo. The shape-shifting god, Proteus, gives his name to a whole family of shrubs and trees that produce colorful flowering branches in an astonishing number of sizes and shapes. Amateur and professional gardeners, high school teachers and professors of biology, botanists and conservationists alike will appreciate this book's entertaining and informative entry to the otherwise daunting field of botanical names. Engaging, witty, and memorable, Gods and Goddesses in the Garden transcends the genre of natural history and makes taxonomy a topic equally at home in the classroom and at cocktail parties.
538 _aMode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
546 _aIn English.
588 0 _aDescription based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 02. Jun 2024)
650 0 _aPlants
_vFolklore.
650 0 _aPlants
_vNomenclature.
650 0 _aPlants
_xMythology.
650 7 _aGARDENING / General.
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653 _aGreco-Roman Mythology, Plants, Scientific Names, Garden, gardeners, high school teachers, professors of biology, botanists, conservationists, Apollo, Proteus, Gods and Goddesses in the Garden, Greco-Roman Mythology and the Scientific Names of Plants, Peter Bernhardt, botony.
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856 4 0 _uhttps://doi.org/10.36019/9780813544724
856 4 0 _uhttps://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780813544724
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