Outline of botany
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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to botany:
Botany – biological discipline which involves the study of plants.
Core concepts of botany
- Main article: Botany
- Bud
- Cell wall
- Chlorophyll
- Chloroplast
- Flora
- Flower
- Fruit
- Forest
- Leaf
- Meristem
- Photosynthesis
- Plant
- Plant cell
- Pollen
- Seed
- Seedling
- Spore
- Tree
- Vine
- Wood
Subdisciplines of botany
- Main article: Branches of botany
- Agronomy
- Bryology (mosses and liverworts)
- Dendrology (woody plants)
- Ethnobotany
- Lichenology (lichens)
- Mycology (fungi)
- Paleobotany
- Palynology (spores and pollen)
- Phycology (algae)
- Phytosociology
- Plant anatomy
- Plant ecology
- Plant evolution
- Plant morphology
- Plant pathology
- Plant physiology
- Plant taxonomy
- Pteridology (ferns)
History of botany
Kinds of plants
Major plant groups
- Algae
- Bryophytes
- Anthocerotophyta (hornworts)
- Bryophyta (mosses)
- Marchantiophyta (liverworts)
- Pteridophytes
- Lycopodiophyta (club mosses)
- Pteridophyta (ferns & horsetails)
- Rhyniophyta (early plants)
- Gymnosperms
- Pteridospermatophyta (seed "ferns")
- Cycadophyta
- Ginkgophyta
- Gnetophyta
- Pinophyta (conifers)
- Angiosperms
- Dicotyledon
- Asteraceae (sunflower family)
- Cactaceae (cactus family)
- Fabaceae (legume family)
- Lamiaceae (mint family)
- Rosaceae (rose family)
- Monocotyledon
- Araceae (arum family)
- Arecaceae (palm family)
- Iridaceae (iris family)
- Orchidaceae (orchid family)
- Poaceae (grass family)
- Dicotyledon
Some well-known plants
- List of culinary fruits
- List of edible seeds
- List of culinary herbs and spices
- List of culinary nuts
- List of culinary vegetables
- List of woods
General plant species concepts
- Plant taxonomy
- Clades
- Monophyletic
- Polyphyletic
- Speciation
- Isolating mechanisms
- Concept of species
Notable botanists
In alphabetical order by surname:
- Aristotle
- Arthur Cronquist (angiosperm evolution)
- Charles Darwin (formulated modern theory of evolution)
- Carolus Linnaeus (father of systematics)
- Gregor Mendel (father of genetics)
- John Ray
- G. Ledyard Stebbins (angiosperm evolution)
- Robert Thorne (angiosperm evolution)
- Gilbert White
- List of Russian botanists
See also
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- Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation
- plant growth and the plant cell from Kimball's Biology Pages
- Botanical Society of America: What is Botany?
- Science and Plants for Schools
- Teaching Documents about Botany Teaching documents, lecture notes and tutorials online: an annotated link directory.
- American society of plant biologists APSB
- Why study Plants? Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge
- Botany Photo of the Day
- Flora and other plant catalogs or databases
- The Virtual Library of Botany
- High quality pictures of plants and information about them from Catholic University of Leuven
- Curtis's Botanical Magazine, 1790–1856
- The Trees Of Great Britain and Ireland, by Henry John Elwes & Augustine Henry, 1906–1913
- Botanik-Datenbank (ger.)
- Plant Directory (ger.)
- USDA plant database
- The Linnean Society of London
- Native Plant Information Network
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