Departments of Botany

Question 1

1. Plant Morphology is the study of ___________

Answer 1

parts or structure of plants

Question 2

a.) Macromorphology /Gross Anatomy of Plants deals with the ___________

Answer 2

external characters of plants or organs

Question 3

b.) Micromorphology/Plant Histology deals with the ______

Answer 3

microscopic structure of plants and plant tissues.

Question 4

c.) Plant Cytology deals with the __________

Answer 4

plant cells and their contents.

Question 5

2. Plant Embryology is the study of ___________

Answer 5

stages of growth, differentiation and development of plant body.

Question 6

3. Plant Physiology is the study of ___________

Answer 6

functions of plants

Question 7

4. Taxonomy or Systematic Botany is the study of ___________

Answer 7

classification of plants in groups in accordance with their relationships to one another.

Question 8

5. Plant Ecology is the study of ___________

Answer 8

plants and their parts in relation to their environment

Question 9

6. Plant Genetics is the study of ___________

Answer 9

coming into being of new individuals or races of

plants.

Question 10

7. Phytopathology (Plant pathology) is the study of ___________

Answer 10

diseases of plants

Question 11

8. Phytogeography (Plant geography) is the study of ___________

Answer 11

distribution of plants upon the earth.

Question 12

Habit refers to _____

Answer 12

the whole appearance of an individual plant

Question 13

Habitat refers to _____

Answer 13

where a plant grows in its environment

Question 14

9. Phytopaleontology (Geologic botany) is the study of ___________

Answer 14

historical plants traceable in their fossil

remains.

Question 15

10. Mycology is the study of ___________

Answer 15

botany of fungi

Question 16

11. Bryology is the study of ___________

Answer 16

botany of mosses and liverworts

Question 17

12. Algology is the study of ___________

Answer 17

botany of algae

Question 18

13. Economic or Applied Botany has ____ categories

Answer 18

5 categories

Question 19

a. Pharmaceutical Botany is the study of ___________

Answer 19

botany of drug, spice, dye and poisonous plants.

Question 20

b. Pharmacognosy is the study of ___________

Answer 20

history, commerce, selection, identification, valuation and

preservation of natural drugs.

Question 21

c. Agronomy is the study of ___________

Answer 21

crop plants

Question 22

d. Horticulture is the study of ___________

Answer 22

cultivation of garden or orchard plants

Question 23

e. Forestry is the study of ___________

Answer 23

management of forests and of timber plants