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Ningthoujam, Sanjoy Singh

Plant Names of Manipur : Etymology, Eponymy, Legends and Systematics / by Sanjoy Singh Ningthoujam, Anupam Das Talukdar, P. K. Singh, Manabendra Dutta Choudhury - Delhi: Swastik Publications, 2021 - 474p.; 25cm.

CONTENTS

SECTION- I
1. Introduction: Why Names MAtter?.
2. Need for Stable Plant Names: Nature and Magnitude of the Problem.
3. Stable Plant Name in the Making: TRacing the Timeline.
4. Code of Botanical Nomenclature: Continuity and Flexibility.
5. Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants: Commercial Plants Beyond Botanical Code.
6. Fluidity in Taxonomy: Changing Paradigm and Unending Synthesis.
7. Folk Plant Systematics: Universality among Different Cultures.
8. Phytotoponyms in Manipur: Reflections of Historical Landscape Ecology.
9. Botanical Surveys in Manipur: Stories of incomplete missions

SECTION- II
10. Linking Vernacular to Scientific Names: Methodology and Challenges.
11. Story behind Vernacular Names: How the Plants got their names.
Includes Reference, Plant Name Index & General Index.

ISBN: 9789383762415

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Botany- Etymology-Taxonomy-Scientific names

Dewey Class. No.: 580.095417 / NIN