Encyclopedia of Cultivated Plants: From Acacia to Zinnia

ABC-Clio, the publisher of this three-volume encyclopedia on cultivated plants reviewed here in its e-book version, continues to diversify its publishing output. Founded as the American Bibliographical Company in 1956, hence the ABC initialism, the company originally specialised in the production of historically focussed bibliographies, especially the World Bibliographical Series, as well as producing the indexing and abstracting services Historical Abstracts and America History and Life. With the sale of the latter two publications to EBSCO in 2007 and the acquisition of Greenwood Press, the company has moved further away from its concentration on history-related materials. A pioneer in...