@misc{cogprints5985,
          volume = {28},
          author = {Dr John S Plant},
          editor = {Dr Carole Hough},
           title = {Modern methods and a controversial surname: Plant},
       publisher = {Woolnough Bookbinding Ltd, Irthingborough, Northants},
         journal = {Nomina: Journal of the Society for Name Studies in Britain and Ireland},
           pages = {115--133},
            year = {2005},
        keywords = {onomastics surnames},
             url = {http://cogprints.org/5985/},
        abstract = {In the past few years, DNA testing has begun to contribute to our understanding. It is currently emerging more clearly which surnames are multi-origin, originating with many different forefathers, and which descend from a single male ancestor.

As a case study, I shall describe the application of modern, multidisciplinary methods to the surname Plant, which has been ascribed  a different meaning each time an authority has written about it. The recent emergence of a different view about this name's origins has prompted a reassessment of its meaning.}
}

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