The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms is a botanical encyclopedia that defines over 2,400 botanical terms and includes over 120 full-sized clearly labeled botanical illustrations, organized by by plant structure. Each term is concisely defined and cross referenced to the botanical illustrations.  Both authors, Michael Hickey and Clive King, are trained botanists who have both worked for the Cambridge University's Botanic Garden before transitioning to educational science writing. 

This book is great both for beginner students new to the language of botany or for seasoned professionals looking for a terminology refresher. The book is organized in two sections: a glossary with botanical term definitions, and detailed botanical illustrations that can be cross referenced to the glossary. 

Hickey, Michael, and Clive King. 2010. The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Elementary Botany by George Francis Atkinson is a textbook that contains a comprehensive scholarly guide to the botanical sciences. This is a 2021 revised version of the 1898 book of the same title, edited to include updated botanical findings. It covers plant anatomy, physiology, ecology, and classification with botanical illustrations and photographs. This is a great reference resource for students new to the world of botany or anyone curious about plants.  The writing is clear and defines the more uncommon scientific terms.

The original author, George Francis Atkinson was a botanist and mycologist at Cornell University in the early twentieth century. The Atkinson collection at Cornell contains thousands of specimens, photographs, and personal notes on different fungi species. Editors and other contributors consist of other professionals and academics from the field. The contents of this book are organized by parts (physiology, morphology, and plants in relation to environment) that are broken down into chapters that are clearly outlined in the table of contents. There is also an extensive index at the end of the book for easy navigation.

Atkinson, George Francis. 2021. Elementary Botany. New York: Nova Science Publishers, Inc. 

Plant Development and Evolution, published in 2019, is one volume in the Current Topics in Developmental Biology encyclopedia series and contains contributions from an international board of authors. The content covered in this volume covers the evolution and development of all aspects of plants, including molecular and reproductive processes. The publisher description states that the book "presents interesting chapters on the evolution of the plant body plan, lateral root development and its role in evolutionary adaptation, the development of the vascular system, the development of the shoot atypical meristem and phyllotaxis, the evolution of leaf diversity, the evolution of regulatory networks in land plants, the role of programmed cell death in plant development, the development and evolution of inflorescence architecture, the molecular regulation of flower development, the pre-meiotic another development, and much more.”

This is a great reference source for students learning the more advanced terms and processes of molecular, cellular, and evolutionary plant biology. Each chapter, written by different botany experts in their field, dives into a different plant function and is broken up by subheadings. In addition to the content, there is an extensive reference section for each chapter if a student is looking for more information on a certain subtopic.

Grossniklaus, Ueli (ed.). 2019. Plant Evolution and Development. Academic Press.

The Fundamental Processes in Ecology is a second edition textbook published in 2023 that uses a process-based approach to explain fundamental ecological processes including energy flow, trade-offs, carbon cycling, and photosynthesis. It provides a global context of how these systems function together to create the processes of our ecological world. This new edition was published to add updated information about environmental sustainability in relation to ecology. Author David M. Wilkinson is an ecology professor at the University of Lincoln in the United Kingdom. 

This is a great source for students looking for a more systems level view of botanical and ecological processes such as the biogeography of plant life, evolution of plants, and how they interact with each other and the environment. The book is organized into three parts: an introduction, the fundamental processes, and emerging systems that are further broken down into chapters. Each chapter highlights a single ecological process, providing extensive background information for the biological niche that plants serve. Following the chapters is a glossary and index to assist in navigation.

Wilkinson, David M. 2023. The Fundamental Processes in Ecology. Oxford University Press