Botany in a Day Botany in a Day Botany in a Day: The Patterns Method of Plant Identification is a book by Thomas J. Elpel published by HOPS Press, LLC. The book emphasizes family characteristics for plant identification. Related plants typically have similar floral features and often similar uses. For example, plants of the mustard family (Brassicaceae) have four petals with six stamens (4 tall, 2 short), and most or all of the 3,200 species are considered edible. The book is used as a text at universities, high schools, and herbal schools across North America. It is also recommended as a resource for the
New Journal of Botany New Journal of Botany The New Journal of Botany is a triannual peer-reviewed scientific journal covering research on the native flora of Northern and Western Europe, including population and conservation biology, ecological genetics, autecological, physiological, and phenological studies, plant/animal interactions, and plant biochemistry. It was established in 1949 as Watsonia, with the subtitle "Journal & Proceedings of the Botanical Society of the British Isles". It was named after the eighteenth-century British botantist Hewett Watson. The journal obtained its current title in 2011 with volume numbering restarting at 1. The journal is published by Maney Publishing on behalf of the Botanical