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Outline of botany

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The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to botany:

Contents

Botany – biological discipline which involves the study of plants.

Core concepts of 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

    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

  • History of botany
  • History of plant systematics

    • Major plant groups

  • Algae
  • Cyanobacteria
  • Brown algae
  • Charophyta
  • Chlorophyta
  • Desmid
  • Diatom
  • Red algae
  • Green 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)

    • Some well-known plants

  • List of culinary fruits
  • List of edible seeds
  • List of culinary herbs and spices
  • List of culinary nuts
  • List of vegetables
  • List of woods

    • General plant species concepts

  • Plant taxonomy
  • Cultivated plant taxonomy
  • List of systems of plant taxonomy
  • Clades
  • Monophyletic
  • Polyphyletic
  • Speciation
  • Isolating mechanisms
  • Concept of species
  • Species problem

    • 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)
  • Theophrastus (uses and classification)
  • Robert Thorne (angiosperm evolution)
  • Gilbert White
  • List of Russian botanists

    • References

    Outline of botany Wikipedia
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