Botany

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Botany is the branch of biology concerned with the scientific study of plants. Traditionally, botanists studied all organisms that were not generally regarded as animal. However, advances in our knowledge about the myriad forms of life, especially microbes (viruses and bacteria) have led to a spinning off from botany of the specialized field of microbiology. Traditionally the study of botany has included fungi, bacteria, and algae even though these organisms are no longer considered to fall within the plant kingdom.

Table of contents

1 History 2 Related subjects 3 See also 4 External links

History

Among the earliest of botanical works, written around 300 BC, are two large treatises by Theophrastus: On the History of Plants (Historia Plantarum) and On the Causes of Plants. Together these books constitute the most important contribution to botanical science during antiquity and into the Middle Ages.

Related subjects

• Plants
• Trees
• Fruit
• Herbs
• Seeds, stratification (botany) and germination.
• List of vegetables
• List of flowers
• Anamorphosis

See also

• List of botanists
• List of botanical gardens

External links

• A Study Guide to the Science of Botany ~ at Wikibooks
• Vicent Martínez C.'s Botanical-online.com