Disclaimer

(or something trying to pass as legal mumbo-jumbo)

While the botanical names of the plants in this book (hereinafter referred to as “the plants in this book”) are as scientifically-accurate as we could manage to make them, the chapter names (Splendifera, Edibilia, Inedibilia, Utilitaria, and Untouchabilia) are totally bogus, made-up, spurious, and guaranteed never to be found in any respectable botanical text.

We suspect that, throughout the scientific community, a vast collective sigh of relief (and concomitant rolling of the eyes) has just occurred.

The authors (and/or their accomplices) are quick to point out that any perceived slurs, of any kind whatsoever, are purely unintentional. We intend no offense to any flower, fruit, tree, vegetable, or weed whose name or image appears here (humans, however, are fair game).

Frankly, we are mystified as to the manner by which any such scurrilous phrases managed to find their way onto these august pages.

And yes—before you jump all over us for including mushrooms in the plant kingdom—we know that fungi are not plants. But they certainly aren’t animals, are they? Only taxonomists (and similarly-motivated fussbudgets) give a rat’s patootie about the distinction. Besides, while vegans serve them as if they were the main course—everyone else treats them like vegetables.

So, lighten up, already!