This eighth edition of the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (2009) replaces the seventh edition of the Code which was published in February 2004 as Acta Horticulturae Vol. 647 and as Regnum Vegetabile Vol. 144.
Containing 11 appendices and a comprehensive glossary to provide guidance for those needing to form and maintain the correct names of cultivated plants and covering topics such as trade designations, new cultivar names, and conserved and rejected epithets this work provides an indispensable reference for everyone concerned with the accurate naming of plants