Anatomy of Plants
The anatomy of plants relates to the internal structure and organization of the mature plant body, especially the vegetative organs of plants.
Cells
As in all other organisms, cells ...
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Botany
Botany is the study of plants. Plants make up a large fraction of all living organisms, and the study of botany is equally broad, including the physiology, genetics, anatomy, and morphology of ...
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Identification of Plants
All known plant species have names. Unfortunately, outside of flower shops and botanical gardens, they do not come with nametags. Therefore, it is often necessary to identify ...
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The Origins of Botany
Overview
Botany, the study of plants, developed as a science in ancient Greece, with Theophrastus (c. 371-287 B.C.) considered the father of botanical science. But a practical in...
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Botany in the Middle Ages, 700-1449
Overview
The ancient Greeks, especially Aristotle (384-322 B.C.) and his pupil Theophrastus (c.370-285 B.C.), made important contributions to botany, the study of p...
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Advances in Botany
Overview
With the beginning of the Renaissance in the fifteenth century came a new interest in the natural world, including the world of plants. This was manifested in closer observ...
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Advances in Botany
Overview
The eighteenth century saw the development of a new approach to the study of plants: an experimental approach. Botanists were influenced by the great strides that had been ...
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Advances in Botany
Overview
During the first half of the twentieth century, several areas of plant science or botany were particularly active fields of research. There was an increase in work on plant...
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Advances in Plant Biology Since 1950
Overview
Like many other areas of biology, the study of plants—also called botany—underwent dramatic changes over the past 50 years. Two major and re...
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Botany
Botany is the study of plants and includes plant classification, structure, physiology, and economic importance within human society. In the strictest sense, botany is the study of those organi...
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Introduction
As well as animals plants can also be used to produce fabrics. From plants such as flax (linen) you are able to produce fibre or thread that can then be spun. Around 7000 BC is when th...
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Examination of different plant cells
Aim: To examine a red onion cells and water plant cells under a light microscope.
Required items:
A light microscope (SWIFT M3500D)
A water plant
A red onion...
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Singapore (dpa) - An Indian national who bought a fake degree in
botany and used a passport bearing his cousin's name was jailed for
two weeks and fined 6,000 Singapore doll...
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Charles Plumier (1646 – 1704), was a famous Franciscan monk, vegetarian and botanist, who over the course of his lifetime created 31 manuscripts which documented over 4,300 plants, and 1,200 ...
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A mushroom found embedded in a 100-million-year-old piece of amber is about 20 million years older than other known mushroom fossils, an Oregon scientist says.The ancient mushroom is especially int...
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Sydney (dpa) - The Australian government on Saturday endorsed the
shipment of toxic waste from a chemical factory in Sydney to
incineration plants in Germany.
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On Green ShootsQ – You've been a gardener all your life, what's the attraction?A – When I left school I knew I wanted to work outdoors so my job centre sent me to Brighton to work as an...
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A new species of North American bamboo was recently discovered by Iowa State University and University of North Carolina botanists, making it the third known native species of the hardy grass in th...
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A word to the wise men: The world may have plenty of gold and myrrh, but it could run short of frankincense.Trees in the Horn of Africa provide most of the world's supply of the prized incense that...
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A foul-smelling orchid that flourishes only in Yosemite National Park and was first collected in 1923 is a distinct species, scientists announced Monday after re-evaluating the flower.Botanist Alis...
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Just a few years ago, Nikia Wigfall needed only to drive to the nearby marshes to harvest the sweetgrass that she and other descendants of slaves weave into the beautiful baskets sold to tourists i...
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