Gods and goddesses in the garden: Greco-Roman mythology and the scientific names of plants

Gods and Goddesses in the Garden: Greco-Roman Mythology and the Scientific Names of Plants

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-241

  Bernhardt, Peter ^a  

^a SAINT LOUIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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