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We use cookies to distinguish you from other users and to provide you with a better experience on our websites. Mabberleys plantbook, the book about plants botany one. Jul 27, 2017 mabberley s plant book is internationally accepted as an essential reference text for anyone studying, growing or writing about plants. Mabberley s plant book remains a treasuretrove of botanical knowledge pieter baas, iawa journal david mabberley has rendered a singular service to the field of botany through successive editions of his comprehensive and highly accurate plant book. Among his varied scientific interests is the taxonomy of tropical plants, especially trees of the families labiatae, meliaceae and rutaceae.

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