General topic about plants Flashcards
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Botany comes from the word ______ which means to pasture, grass and fodder
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botanē
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botanē is in turn derived from boskein which means
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to feed and to graze
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a convention that brings together scientists from around the world to discuss new research in the plant sciences; held once every six years
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International Botanical Congress
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Land plants evolved from
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green algae
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Researchers have identified green algae called
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charophyceans
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– Indicates that plants were on land at least 475 million years ago
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fossil evidence
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Have been extracted from 475-million-year old rocks
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Fossilized spores and tissues
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Botany originated as
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herbalism
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herbalism
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the study and use of plats for their medicinal properties
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