lecture 1 Flashcards
(35 cards)
three greek works
botanikos, botane, boskein
the scientific study of plants
botany
– study dealing with naming and
classification
plant taxonomy and systematics
study dealing with external form of plants
plant morphology
study dealing with internal structures of plants
plant anatomy
– study dealing with metabolism and plant
functions
plant physiology
– study dealing with plant-plant and plant- environment interactions
plant ecology
study dealing with heredity and variation
plant genetics
study dealing with practical uses of
plants
ethnobotany
– deals the events in the
formation of the embryo
plant embryology
the study of fossil plants.
paleobotany
study the different types of
disease of plants, their symptoms, causal agent
and methods of control.
plant pathology
- study of the chemistry of plants.
phytochemistry
study of lichens
lichenology
study of bryophytes
bryology
study of algae
algology
study of pollen grains in relation to
taxonomy and evolution of plants
palynology
- science which deals with the crop plants.
agronomy
- deals with the study of flowering
and fruiting plants.
horticulture
deals with the development of
improved varieties of plants.
plant breeding
deals with the study of
medicinal plants.
pharmacognosy
deals with the study of soils.
pedology
grouped organisms based on one single structure
Aristotle
wrote the book “Historia
Plantarum”
Theophrastus
