Literature Useful To The Study Of Florida Plants Economic Botany (Edible, Herbal, Medicinal and Useful Plants; Ethnobotany)

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Economic Botany
(Edible, Herbal, Medicinal and Useful Plants; Ethnobotany)

• Allen, O.N. and Ethel K. Allen. 1981. The Leguminosae: a source book of characteristics, uses and nodulation. The University of Wisconsin Press, Madison, WI. lxiv, 812 p.
• Angier, Bradford. 1974. Field guide to edible wild plants. Stackpole Books, Harrisburg, PA. 256 p.
• Ayensu, Edward S. 1981. Medicinal plants of the West Indies. Reference Publications, Inc., Algonac, MI. 282 p.
• Berglund, Berndt and Clare E. Bolsby. 1971. The edible wild: a complete cookbook and guide to edible wild plants in Canada and North America. Charles Scribner's Sons, New York, NY. 188 p.
• Brücher, Heinz. 1989. Useful plants of neotropical origin and their wild relatives. Springer-Verlag, Germany and New York, NY. x, 296 p.
• Burlage, Henry M. 1968. Index of plants of Texas with reputed medicinal and poisonous properties. Published by the author, Austin, TX. v, 272 p.
• Coon, Nelson. 1974. The dictionary of useful plants. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA. xiv, 290 p.
• Davidson, Alan and Charlotte Knox. 1991. Fruit: a connoisseur's guide and cookbook. Simon and Schuster, New York, NY. 192 p.
• Duke, James A. 1985. CRC handbook of medicinal herbs. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL. 677 p.
• Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of edible weeds. CRC Press, Boca Raton, FL. 246 p.
• Duke, James A. 1981. Handbook of legumes of world economic importance. Plenum Publ. Corp., New York, NY. xi, 345 p.
• Duke, Jim and Jim Meuninck. <date unknown>. Edible wild plants: video field guide to 100 useful herbs. CRC Press, Inc., Boca Raton, FL 33431. [60 minute video cassette]
• Facciola, Stephen. 1990. Cornucopia: a source book of edible plants. Kampong Publications, Vista, CA. ix, 677 p.
• Fernald, Merritt L. and Alfred C. Kinsey. 1958. Edible wild plants of eastern North America. Rev. ed. by R.C. Rollins. Harper and Row, Inc., New York, NY. xii, 452 p.
• Foster, Steven and James A. Duke. 1990. A field guide to medicinal plants: eastern and central North America. The Peterson field guide series. Houghton-Mifflin Co., Boston, MA. xii, 366 p.
• Gibbons, Euell. 1966. Stalking the healthful herbs. David McKay Co., Inc., New York, NY. xiv, 303 p.
• Gibbons, Euell. 1962. Stalking the wild asparagus. David McKay Co., Inc., New York, NY. x, 303 p.
• Gibbons, Euell and Gordon Tucker. 1979. Euell Gibbons' handbook of edible wild plants. Donning Co. Publ., Virginia Beach, VA. 319 p.
• Halls, Lowell K., ed. 1977. Southern fruit-producing woody plants used by wildlife. Report SO-16. Southern Forest Experiment Station, Southeastern Area, Southern Region Forest Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, New Orleans, LA. 235 p.
• Harrison, S.G., G.B. Masefield and Michael Wallis. 1969. The Oxford book of food plants. Oxford University Press, Oxford, England and Maxwell House, Elmsford, NY. viii, 206 p.
• Herklots, G.A.C. 1972. Vegetables in South-east Asia. George Allen and Unwin, Ltd., London, England. xii, 525 p.
• Hill, Albert F. 1952. Economic botany: a textbook of useful plants and plant products. 2nd ed. McGraw-Hill Book Co., Inc., New York, NY. xii, 560 p.
• Honychurch, Penelope N. 1986. Caribbean wild plants and their uses: an illustrated guide to some medicinal and wild ornamental plants of the West Indies. Macmillan Publ. Ltd., London, England. x, 166 p.
• Jacobs, Marion Lee and Henry M. Burlage. 1958. Index of plants of North Carolina with reputed medicinal uses. Published by Henry M. Burlage, Austin, TX. xi, 322 p.
• ILDIS, International Legume Database and Information Service, et al. 1994. Phytochemical dictionary of the Leguminosae. 1st ed. 2 vols. Vol. 1: Plants and their constituents ; Vol. 2: Chemical constituents. Chapman & Hall, New York, NY and London, England.
• Kingsbury, John M. 1988. 200 conspicuous, unusual, or economically important tropical plants of the Caribbean. Bullbrier Press, Ithaca, NY. 1988. No pagination.
• Kirk, Donald R. 1970. Wild edible plants of the western United States. Naturegraph Publishers, Healdsburg, CA. 307 p.
• Kowalchik, Claire and William H. Hylton, eds. 1987. Rodale's illustrated encyclopedia of herbs. Rodale Press, Emmaus, PA. vi, 545 p.
• Krochmal, Arnold and Connie Krochmal. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The New York Times Book Co., New York, NY. 259 p.
• Lehane, Brendan. 1977. The power of plants. McGraw-Hill Co., New York, NY. 288 p.
• Lewis, Walter H. and M.P.F. Elvin-Lewis. 1977. Medical botany: plants affecting man's health. Wiley-Interscience, Div. of John Wiley and Sons, Inc., New York, NY. xv, 515 p.
• Martin, Alexander C., Herbert S. Zim and Arnold L. Nelson. 1951. American wildlife and plants. A guide to wildlife food habits. McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, NY. ix, 500 p. [Reprinted 1961 by Dover Publications, Inc., New York, NY.]
• Medsger, Oliver Perry. 1972. Edible wild plants. Collier Books, New York, NY. xix, 323 p.
• Meltzer, Sol. 1977. Herb gardening in the South. Gulf Publ. Co., Houston, TX. xi, 77 p.
• Menninger, Edwin A. 1977. Edible nuts of the world. Horticultural Books, Stuart, FL. viii, 175 p.
• Millspaugh, Charles F. 1974. American medicinal plants (with a new table of revised classification and nomenclature by E.S. Harrar). Dover Publications, Inc., New York, NY. xxii, 806 p. [This is a reprint of 1892 ed., which bore the title, Medicinal plants. John C. Yorston and Co., Philadelphia, PA.]
• Morton, Julia F. 1981. Atlas of medicinal plants of Middle America: Bahamas to Yucatan. Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, IL. xxviii, 1420 p.
• Morton, Julia F. 1974. Folk remedies of the Low Country. E.A. Seemann Publ., Inc., Miami, FL. 176 p.
• Morton, Julia F. 1987. Fruits of warm climates. Publ. by the author, Miami, FL. xii, 505 p. [Distributed by Creative Resource Systems, Inc., Winterville, NC.]
• Morton, Julia F. 1976. Herbs and spices. A golden nature guide. Golden Press, Western Publ. Co., New York, NY. 160 p.
• Morton, Julia F. 1977. Major medicinal plants: botany, culture and uses. Charles C. Thomas, Publisher, Springfield, IL. xix, 431 p.
• Morton, Julia F. 1982. Wild plants for survival in South Florida. 5th ed., rev. Fairchild Tropical Garden, Miami, FL. 79 p.
• National Academy of Sciences. 1980. Firewood crops: shrub and tree species for energy production. Commission on International Relations (JH 215), National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Washington, DC. xi, 237 p.
• National Academy of Sciences. 1979. Tropical legumes: resources for the future. Commission on International Relations (JH 215), National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Washington, DC. x, 331 p.
• National Academy of Sciences. 1975. Underexploited tropical plants with promising economic value. Commission on International Relations (JH 215), National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council, Washington, DC. ix, 188 p.
• Pellet, Frank C. 1947. American honey plants. 4th ed., rev. and enlarged. Orange Judd Publ. Co., Inc., New York, NY. 467 p.
• Perry, Lily M. and Judith Metzger. 1980. Medicinal plants of East and Southeast Asia: attributed properties and uses. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA. 620 p.
• Peterson, Lee. 1978. A field guide to edible wild plants of eastern and central North America. Houghton-Mifflin Co., Boston, MA. xiii, 330 p.
• Popenoe, Wilson. 1920, reprinted 1974. Manual of tropical and subtropical fruits, excluding the banana, coconut, pineapple, citrus fruits, olive, and fig. Hafner Press, Macmillan Publ. Co., Inc., New York, NY. xix, 474 p.
• Purseglove, J.W. 1968. Tropical crops: dicotyledons. A Halsted Press Book, John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY. xv, 719 p.
• Purseglove, J.W. 1972. Tropical crops: monocotyledons. 2 vols. A Halsted Press Book, John Wiley and Sons, New York, NY. x, vi, 607 p.
• Roig y Mesa, Juan Tomas. 1988. Plantas medicinales, aromaticas o venenosas de Cuba. 2 vols. Editorial Cientifica-Tecnica, La Habana, Republica de Cuba. 1125 p.
• Schery, Robert W. 1972. Plants for man. 2nd ed. Prentice-Hall, Inc., Englewood Cliffs, NJ. viii, 657 p.
• Simon, James E., Alena F. Chadwick and Lyle E. Craker. 1984. Herbs: an indexed bibliography 1971-1980: the scientific literature of selected herbs, and aromatic and medicinal plants of the Temperate Zone. Archon Books, The Shoestring Press, Hamden, CT. xviii, 770 p.
• Stephens, James M. 1988. Manual of minor vegetables. Bulletin SP-40. Florida Cooperative Extension Service, Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL. viii, 123 p.
• Sturtevant, Edward Lewis. 1972. Sturtevant's edible plants of the world edited by U.P. Hedrick. Dover Publications, Inc., New York, NY. vii, 686 p. [This is a reprint of 1919 edition of Sturtevant's notes on edible plants. New York Department of Agriculture 27th Annual Report, Vol. 2, Pt. II. Published by J. B. Lyon Co., Albany, NY.]
• Terrell, Edward E., Steven R. Hill, John H. Wiersema and William E. Rice. 1986. A checklist of names for 3,000 vascular plants of economic importance. Agriculture Handbook No. 505. Agricultural Research Service, U.S. Dept. of Agriculture, Washington, DC. 241 p.
• Uphof, Johannes C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed., rev. and enlarged. Verlag Von J. Cramer, Germany. 591 p.
• Usher, George. 1974. Dictionary of plants used by man. Hafner Press, New York, NY. 619 p.
• Vogel, Virgil J. 1970. American Indian medicine. University of Oklahoma Press, Norman, OK. xx, 583 p.

Literature Useful to the Study of Florida Plants