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lecture 1 Flashcards

1
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three greek works

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botanikos, botane, boskein

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2
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the scientific study of plants

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botany

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3
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– study dealing with naming and

classification

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plant taxonomy and systematics

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4
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study dealing with external form of plants

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plant morphology

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5
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study dealing with internal structures of plants

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plant anatomy

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6
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– study dealing with metabolism and plant

functions

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plant physiology

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7
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– study dealing with plant-plant and plant- environment interactions

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plant ecology

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8
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study dealing with heredity and variation

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plant genetics

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9
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study dealing with practical uses of

plants

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ethnobotany

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10
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– deals the events in the

formation of the embryo

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plant embryology

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11
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the study of fossil plants.

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paleobotany

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12
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study the different types of
disease of plants, their symptoms, causal agent
and methods of control.

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plant pathology

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13
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  • study of the chemistry of plants.
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phytochemistry

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14
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study of lichens

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lichenology

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15
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study of bryophytes

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bryology

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16
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study of algae

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algology

17
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study of pollen grains in relation to

taxonomy and evolution of plants

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palynology

18
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  • science which deals with the crop plants.
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agronomy

19
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  • deals with the study of flowering

and fruiting plants.

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horticulture

20
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deals with the development of

improved varieties of plants.

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plant breeding

21
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deals with the study of

medicinal plants.

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pharmacognosy

22
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deals with the study of soils.

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pedology

23
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grouped organisms based on one single structure

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Aristotle

24
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wrote the book “Historia

Plantarum”

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Theophrastus

25
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compiled the ‘Meteria Medica’, a book descrbing 600 species of
medicinal plants

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Dioscorides

26
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wrote the book “Natural History” describing medicinal plants

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Pliny

27
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grouped leafy plants into dicots and monocots

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Albert Magnus

28
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wrote books about new schemes in classification of plants

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Brunfels Bock Fuchs

29
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discovered the cell

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Robert Hooke

30
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invented the microscope

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Antoine van Leeuwenhoek

31
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devised the binomial system of plant nomenclature

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Carolus Linnaeus

32
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Characteristics of plants

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eukaryotic, multicellular, photosynthetic, and cell wall made of cellulose

33
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what composes the shoot system

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flower, leaf, fruit, stem

34
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the root system

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roots

35
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enumerate the scientific method

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observation, formulation of hypothesis, experimentation, data gathering, data analysis, drawing of conclusion, publication of results

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