MODULE 1 Flashcards
the study of the PHYSICAL FORM and the EXTERNAL STRUCTURE of the plant. (e.g. leaves, stem).
PLANT MORPHOLOGY
study of the INTERNAL STRUCTURE of the plant. (e.g. cells)
PLANT ANATOMY
first real botanist, father of Botany. [PATBOVOHO]
PHILIPPUS AUREOLUS THEOPHRASTUS BOMBASTUS VON HOHENHEIM
Studied plant morphology, classification, and the natural history of plants.
PHILIPPUS AUREOLUS THEOPHRASTUS BOMBASTUS VON HOHENHEIM
Discovered germination.
PHILIPPUS AUREOLUS THEOPHRASTUS BOMBASTUS VON HOHENHEIM
Describes plant anatomy and classifies them according to STATURE. (e.g. trees, shrubs, plants)
DE HISTORIA PLANTARIUM
- Medicinal use
DE HISTORIA PLANTARIUM
- for agriculture and cultivation of plants
DE CAUSIS PLANTARIUM
- Economical boost (how it is planted.)
DE CAUSIS PLANTARIUM
he discovered cells through a CORK
ROBERT HOOKE
first important work of ROBERT HOOKE
MICROGRAPHIA (1665)
he discovered EXCRETORY ORGANS in insects.
- he studied plant anatomy.
- Malphigian Tubule system
MARCELO MALPHIGI
was published by the Royal Society in London
MALPHIGI’S ANATOMY IN PLANTS (1671)
– Father of plant anatomy.
- Provided the FIRST HIGHLY DETAILED PLANT ANATOMY
NEHEMIAH GREW
they founded plant anatomy
NEHEMIAH AND MALPHIGI
The study of plant functions.
PLANT PHYSIOLOGY
Flemish physician who discovered that PLANTS DO NOT HAVE THE SAME NUTRITIONAL NEEDS AS ANIMALS
JAN BAPTIST VAN HELMONT (1577-1644)
he discovered the IDEA OF PHOTOSYNTHESIS
he planted a WILLOW TREE that grew up to 74 kg.
discovered that the PLANT ABSORBED WATER, that’s why it grew
JAN BAPTIST VAN HELMONT (1577-1644)
discovered that GASES play a role in PHOTOSYNTHESIS in 1771.
JOSEPH PRIESTLY
“BELL-JAR EXPERIMENT” – he accidentally discovered OXYGEN by enclosing a plant, rat, and a candle.
JOSEPH PRIESTLY
The study of TAXNOMY and PHYLOGENY.
PLANT SYSTEMATICS
a branch of plant systematics that CLASSIFIES PLANTS.
PLANT TAXONOMY
Father of Taxonomy
CAROLUS LINNAEUS (1707-1778)
a PUBLISHED BASIS for Linnaean taxonomy, the FIRST UNIFIED CLASSIFICATION.
SISTEMA NATURAE 1735
The study of the INTERRACTION OF THE ECOSYSTEM. (e.g. food chain)
PLANT ECOLOGY
when one benefits, one DOESN’T.
PARASITISM
when one benefits, the other is UNSURE (unaffected).
COMMENSALISM
when both benefit
MUTUALISM
German scientist that coined the term “ecology” in 1866.
ERNST HAECKEL
study of TRADITIONAL KNOWLEDGE and CUSTOMS concerning plants (e.g. medicine, religion, and other uses).
ETHNOBOTANY
study of how people from a certain place use a native plant.
ETHNOBOTANY
when a native plant is transferred to other places. (e.g. strawberries of Baguio)
NATURALIZE
only grown locally and in the origin.
NATIVE
coined the term “ethnobotany” in 1895.
JOHN WILLIAM HARSHBERGER
Greek pharmacist, he published the first pharmacopeia.
PEDANIUS DIOSCORIDES
features 600 plants in the Mediterranean.
DE MATERIA MEDICA
Father of Chinese Agriculture
SHEN NONG
His name means “The Divine Farmer”
SHEN NONG
[The classic of Herbal Medicine] – only oral.
CHINESE MATERIA MEDICINE
Founder of Chinese Civilization
HUANG DI
also known as the “YELLOW EMPEROR”.
HUANG DI
Chinese herbal medicine, acupuncture, Yin and Yang, moxibustion (combustion of dried mugwort).
CLASSIC OF INTERNAL MEDICINE
German toxicologist, first to study PSYCHOACTIVE plants/drugs.
LOUIS LEWIN
a book that covers psychoactive drugs
PHANTASTICA
the study of POISON control
TOXICOLOGY
study of the GEOGRAPHIC DISTRIBUTION of plant species and their influence on Earth’s surface.
PLANT GEOGRAPHY
Father of Phylogeography (geographical distribution of plants).
ALEXANDER VON HUMBOLDT
study of hereditary (single gene)
GENETICS
Father of Genetics, he showed the inheritance of traits.
GREGOR JOHANN MENDEL
the study of genes and their functions
GENOMICS
- Evolution drives _____ . (variation)
DIVERSITY
Biological systems use ____ and molecular blocks. (photosynthesis)
FREE ENERGY
Living systems store, retrieve, transmit, and respond to ________. (cells and systems)
INFORMATION
Biological systems interact and have complex properties.
ORGANS
Father of Evolution
he defined evolution as “descent with modification”.
CHARLES DARWIN
only the LIMTED can adapt to new environments.
NATURAL SELECTION
are often heritable
TRAITS
ADJUSTMENTS or changes in behaviour, physiology, and structure of an organism to become more suited to the environment.
ADAPTATIONS
