Books Received for Review
Books for review are available to members of the Botanical Society of America. If you are a BSA member and would like to review a book or books for PSB, the easiest way to do so is to: highlight and copy the book details, click on the Reviewer Requested link to the right of the book's details and paste the information into the email form that pops up. Remember to include your name, University/Department, all of your mailing details and the date by which the book will be reviewed. Book reviews should not exceed 800-1000 words. Alternatively, e-mail Mackenzie Taylor, the editor-in-chief, at psb@botany.org, including the details noted above, as soon as you notice the book of interest in this list, because they go quickly!
Descent and Logic in Biosystematics
McCabe, Thomas. 2021. ISBN: 978-0-578-75848-0. (Electronic book, PDF format). 130 pp. Perseverant Publishing.
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The Wardian Case: How a simple box moved plants and changed the world
Keogh, Luke. 2020. ISBN: 978-0-226-71361-8. (cloth US$35). 288 pp. The University of Chicago Press.
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Household Economy at Wall Ridge: A Fourteenth-Century Central Plains Farmstead in the Missouri Valley
Lensink, Stephen C., Joseph A. Tiffany, and Shirley J. Schermer (eds). 2020. ISBN-13: 978-1-60781-773-4. (Hard cover US$70.00). 288 pp. University of Utah Press. [STL]
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Chrysanthemum
Way, Twigs. 2020. ISBN: 978-1-78914-205-1. (Cloth US$27). 216 pp. Reaction Books & The University of Chicago Press.
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Double Helix of Phyllotaxis: Analysis of the Geometric Model of Plant Morphogenesis
Rozin, Boris. 2020. ISBN-13: 978-1627347488. (Paperback US$39.95). 186 pp. Brown Walker Press.
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A History of Orchids in South America Vol 1 - Colonial times: from discovery to independence
Ossenbach, Carlos. 2020. ISBN: 9783946583240 (Hardback £190) 646 pp. Koeltz Scientific Books
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Nevada Mountains: Landforms, Trees, and Vegetation
Charlet, David A. 2020. ISBN: 978-1-60781-727-7. (Hardcover $75) 432 pp. The University of Utah Press.
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Edible and Medicinal Flora of the West Coast: The Pacific Northwest and British Columbia
Varner, Collin. 2020. ISBN: 9780295748047 (Paperback US$19.95) 256 pp. University of Washington Press.
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The Liberty Hyde Bailey Gardener's Companion: Essential Writings
Stempien, John A. and John Linstrom (eds.) 2019, ISBN: 978-1-501-74023-7. (Hard cover US$26.95) 320 pp. Comstock Publishing Associates. [STL]
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Wild Orchids of the Southwestern United States
Brown, Paul Martin with original artwork by Stan Folsmon. 2019. ISBN: 978-3-946583-21-9. (Hardback US$64.40) 324 pp. Koeltz Botanical Books.
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Temperate garden plant families: The essential guide to identification and classification
Goldblatt, Peter and John C. Manning. 2019. ISBN: 978-1-60469-498-7. (Hardcover US$45). 316 pp. Timber Press.
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Robotics and automation for improving agriculture
Billingsley, John (ed.). 2019. ISBN-13: 9781786762726. (Hardback £160.00) 326 pp. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing.
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Achieving sustainable cultivation of temperate zone tree fruits and berries Volume 2 Case studies
Lang, Gregory. 2019. ISBN-13: 9781786762122. (Hardback £140.00) 470 pp. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing
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Achieving sustainable cultivation of temperate zone tree fruits and berries Volume 1
Lang, Gregory (ed.) 2019. ISBN-13: 9781786762085. (Hardback £140) 520 pp. Burleigh Dodds Science Publishing.
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Evolutionary Dynamics of Plant-Pathogen Interactions
Buron, Jeremy J. and Anna-Liisa Laine. 2019. ISBN: 9781108625517. (Paper US$50.00) 392 pp. Cambridge University Press.
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Flora of Florida Volume V: Dicotyledons, Gisekiaceae through Boraginaceae
Wunderlin, Richard, Bruce F. Hansen, and Alan R. Franck. 2018. ISBN: 9780813056791. (Hardback US$69.95). 320 pp. University Press of Florida
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