Basic Terms Flashcards
What is Botany
study of plants
The Greeks words where Botany is derived from
Botanikos, Botane, Boskein
Botanikos
Botanical
Botane
Plants or herbs
Boskein
To feed
Plants provide majority of what?
Food, Energy Chain, medicine, and Oxygen
Botany/ plant biology also studies what in relationship to non-living environment
the interrelationships of plants with other organisms and with non-living physical environment
Disciplines of Botany
Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Plant Biochemistry, Plant Cell Biology, Plant Anatomy, Plant Morphology, and Plant Physiology
Plant Molecular Biology
Biological Molecules
Plant Biochemistry
Chemical interaction within plants
Plant Cell Biology
Life processes of a plant
Plant Anatomy
Microscopic plant structure (Cell wall and tissue)
Plant Morphology
Structure of the plant (Leaves, Roots, Stems)
Plant Physiology
Processes (Photosynthesis, Mineral nutrition)
Father of Botany
Theophrastus
What book did Theophrastus write
Historia Plantarum and On the Cause of plants
Father of Pharmacy
Plenadius Dioscorides
What book did Plenadius Dioscorides wrote ?
De Materia Medica
How many volumes does de materia Medica have
5 volumes