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    INTRODUCTION

    TO GENERAL
    BOTANY
    Jeanette Mara Tan, MSc
    What is Botany?

    • study of plants
    • from the greek word “botanikos” or
    “botane” - “plant or herb”or from the
    French word “botanique” – botanical
    • It is concerned with the scientific study
    of plants including their physiology,
    structure, genetics, ecology, distribution,
    classification, and economic importance.
    • Botanists – scientists who study plants
    A bit of history…

    Theophrastus (370- 285 BC)

    • Theophrastus, a student of Aristotle


    • Father of Botany
    • Enquiry into Plants - includes much
    information about pharmacologically
    active plants
    • Causes of Plants
    WHAT IS A PLANT?
    General characteristics:

    • Eukaryotic cells
    • Autotrophic and multicellular
    • Cell walls contain cellulose
    • Alternation of generation
    • Embryonic development
    Five Characteristics Unique to Land Plants

    • Apical meristem – localized regions of active cell division in roots


    and shoots
    • Embryophtes – multicellular dependent embryos
    • Alternation of Generations- diploid and haploid stages
    • Walled spores produced in sporangia
    • Multicellular reproductive structures – antheridia and archegonia
    FIELDS OF
    BOTANY

    Jeanette Mara Tan, MSc


    Arboriculture Ethnobotany - deals with plants and their relationship
    It deals with the study of propagation of trees. with humans.

    Dendrology - It deals with the study of woody plants


    Bryology-study of mosses, liverworts, and hornworts such as shrubs and trees.
    Economic Botany -It is the branch of botany that
    deals with the economic uses of plants and plant Horticulture- study of Cultivation of
    products. plants.

    Phycology- study of algae


    Mycology- study of fungi
    Palynology - It is the study of pollen grains Lichenology - study of lichens. Pteridology- It is the study of ferns.
    and spores.
    Plant Physiology - It is the branch of botany that
    deals with the study of plant processes and Plant Anatomy - This subject deals with
    functions. the study of structural properties of
    plants.
    Paleobotany- deals with the study of plant Plant Biotechnology- It deals with
    fossils the application of plants and plant
    products for human welfare.
    Plant Biochemistry- It is the
    branch of botany that deals
    with the chemical processes
    and molecules involved in
    plants.
    Plant Genetics Plant Pathology Plant Taxonomy
    It deals with the study of It deals with the study of It deals with the classification
    genes and genetic diseases in plants. and naming of plants.
    inheritance in plants.
    Plant Ecology
    It deals with the study of
    Plant breeding - Branch of botany environment and its
    Plant Morphology – study of dealing with the development of relationship with plants.
    the form and structure of improved varieties of plants.
    plants.
    Branches allied to botany

    Agronomy and crop science - Horticulture - Is the science which


    Pharmacognosy - Is the branch of science deals with garden crops, generally
    agricultural science dealing with
    dealing with the medicinal drugs from fruits, vegetables, and ornamental
    field crop production and soil
    plants and other natural sources plants. .
    management.

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