Books Received for Review
Books for review are available to members of the Botanical Society of America. If you are a BSA member and would like to review a book or books for PSB, the easiest way to do so is to: highlight and copy the book details, click on the Reviewer Requested link to the right of the book's details and paste the information into the email form that pops up. Remember to include your name, University/Department, all of your mailing details and the date by which the book will be reviewed. Book reviews should not exceed 800-1000 words. Alternatively, e-mail Carolina Siniscalchi, the editor-in-chief, at psb@botany.org, including the details noted above, as soon as you notice the book of interest in this list, because they go quickly!
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Thriving as an International Scientist: Professional Development for Global STEM Citizens
Majumdar, Sonali. 2025. ISBN: 9780520401044 (paperback, 272 pp, $19.95). University of California Press.
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Field Guide to the Wild Flowers of the Canary Islands
Thorogood, Chris, Carine, Mark & Alfredo Reyes-Betancort, J. 2025. ISBN 9781842468227 (paperback, 486 pages, 1145 illustrations, £40.00). Kew Publishing.
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Citizen Science in Biology: The History and Development of Public Participation in Science
Wall, Wilson & Morgan, David. 2025. ISBN 9781784275846 (hardcover, 248 pp, $62.00). Pelagic Publishing.
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Identification Guide to the Non-Native Invasive Plants of Britain and Ireland
Gianquinto, Fran & O'Brien, Phoebe. 2025. ISBN 9781784275648 (paperback, 160 pp., $42.00). Pelagic Publishing.
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Vascular Plants of New Mexico
Heil, Kenneth D. & O'Kane Jr., Steve L. ISBN: 9781935641308 (paper, 1000 pp., 52 color plates, $80.00). Missouri Botanical Garden Press.
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Kew Pocketbooks: Poisonous Plants
Howes, Melanie-Jayne & Jan-Smith, Eliot. 2024. ISBN: 9781842468142 (hardcover, 96 pages, 40 color plates, $14.95). University of Chicago Press.
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The Game of Species: An Introduction to Biodiversity
López-Villalta, Julián Simón. 2025. ISBN: 9781784275587 (paper, 102 pp, $31.00). Pelagic Publishing.
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Treewilding: Our Past, Present and Future Relationship with Forests
Robinson, Jake M. 2024. ISBN 9781784274801 (hardcover, 336 pp, $28.00). Pelagic Publishing.
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Trees of the Rocky Mountains: Identifying the Region's Prominent Trees
Weiss, Robert. 2025. ISBN: 9781493086528 (paper, 200 pp, 317 Color Photos, 61 Maps, 6 Tables, $24.95). Falcon Guides.
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Agroecology in Practice: From Local Initiatives to Global Scaling Through Video
Bentley, Jeffery W. & Van Mele, Paul. 2025. ISBN: 9781800628779 (copy available by request, 326 pp, £45.00, CABI Publishing).
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Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms - Volume 2 (Southern Hemisphere focus)
Page, Christopher N. 2024. ISBN: 9781009263108. Digital copy available (672 pp, $300.00, Cambridge University Press).
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Evolution of the Arborescent Gymnosperms - Volume 1 (Northern Hemisphere focus)
Page, Christopher N. 2024. ISBN: 9781009262965. Digital copy available (716 pp, $300.00, Cambridge University Press).
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The Trouble with Ancient DNA: Telling Stories of the Past with Genomic Science
Kallen, Anna. 2025. ISBN: 9780226835570. (pdf, printed copy available by request, 160 pp, $20.00, The University of Chicago Press)
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The Arrival of the Fittest: Biology’s Imaginary Futures, 1900–1935
Endersby, Jim. 2025. ISBN: 9780226837567 (pdf, print available by request, 400 pp, U$37.50, The University of Chicago Press)
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Illustrated Genera of Rust Fungi of Brazil
de Carvalho Jr., Anibal Alves and Joe Fleetwood Hennen. 2023. ISBN: 978-1-889878-72-0. (hardback; US$40. 148 pp. BRIT Press.
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Saving a Rainforest and Losing the World: Conservation and Displacement in the Global Tropics
Thaler, Gregory. 2024. ISBN: 978-0-300-27248-2. (paper US$40) 312 pp. Yale University Press
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Botánicos: A novel
Meerow, Alan. 2023. ISBN: 979-8-9891677-0-82. (Paper US$14.99) 92 pp. Griffinia Press.
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A guide to the Flora of the Sierra de San Pedro Mártir | Una guía a la de de la Sierra de San Pedro Mártir
Harper, Alan, Sula Vanderplank, and Jon Rebman. 2021. ISBN-13: 978-1-889878-64-5 (flex-binding US$35). 320 pp. BRIT Press.
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Manual of Montana Vascular Plants, Second Edition
Lesica, Peter with Contributions by Matt Lavin and Peter F. Stickney. 2022. ISBN-13: 978-1-889878-87-4. (flex binding US$65). 729 pp. BRIT Press.
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Tidal Marshes of Long Island, New York.
Potente, John E (ed). 2022. ISSN: 22380 128x. (Hardback) Memoirs of the Torrey Botanical Society Vol 26. 4th edition. 171 pp. Torrey Botanical Society.
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Grasses of the Northern Forest: Quick Guides
Jenkins, Jerry. 2022. ISBN: 9781501764318. (digital; US$11.95) 4 pp. Cornell University Press (physical copy available by request).
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Descent and Logic in Biosystematics
McCabe, Thomas. 2021. ISBN: 978-0-578-75848-0. (Electronic book, PDF format). 130 pp. Perseverant Publishing.
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