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Frontiers In Plant Science: Transcripts From A Symposium Sponsored By The Minnesota Academy Of Sciences, Gretchen Hagen, David D. Biesboer Jan 1985

Frontiers In Plant Science: Transcripts From A Symposium Sponsored By The Minnesota Academy Of Sciences, Gretchen Hagen, David D. Biesboer

Journal of the Minnesota Academy of Science

No abstract provided.


Why Botanical Names Are Necessary, Robert Dunlop Royce Jan 1967

Why Botanical Names Are Necessary, Robert Dunlop Royce

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

BOTANISTS engaged in naming plants are ofen asked "Why can't you speak English?"

The answer becomes quite clear as the inquirers learn more and more about plants and find people calling the same plant by quite different names.


The Doublegee, G R W Meadly Jan 1963

The Doublegee, G R W Meadly

Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4

DOUBLEGEE, like a number of other major weeds, is native to South Africa. It was introduced to Western Australia during the first years of settlement.

There is no more troublesome weed in Western Australia than doublegee. It competes strongly with crop and pasture and its spiny fruits penetrate the hoofs of stock, causing lameness.