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This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary of leaf morphology .
In contrast, this page deals with botanical terms in a systematic manner, with some illustrations, and organized by plant anatomy and function in plant physiology. [1] This glossary primarily includes terms that deal with vascular plants (ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms), particularly flowering plants (angiosperms).
Chart illustrating leaf morphology terms. The following terms are used to describe leaf morphology in the description and taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade is divided into two or more leaflets). [1]
Glossary of botanical terms; List of Greek and Latin roots in English; List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names; List of plant genera named for people: A–C, D–J, K–P, Q–Z; List of plant family names with etymologies
The first column below lists seed-bearing species epithets from Stearn's Dictionary, Latin for Gardeners [4] by Lorraine Harrison, The A to Z of Plant Names by Allen Coombes, The Gardener's Botanical [5] by Ross Bayton, and the glossary of Stearn's Botanical Latin. [6]
Botanical nomenclature is the formal, scientific naming of plants. It is related to, but distinct from taxonomy. Plant taxonomy is concerned with grouping and classifying plants; botanical nomenclature then provides names for the results of this process. The starting point for modern botanical nomenclature is Linnaeus' Species Plantarum of 1753.
Glossary of botanical terms; List of Greek and Latin roots in English; List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names; List of plant genera named for people: A–C, D–J, K–P, Q–Z; List of plant family names with etymologies
Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation; Plant growth and the plant cell from Kimball's Biology Pages; Botanical Society of America: What is Botany? Science & Plants for Schools; Teaching Documents about Botany Teaching documents, lecture; Why study Plants? Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge; Flora and other plant catalogs ...