Subdivisions of Botany

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  • Botany - concerned with the scientific study of
    plants including their physiology, structure,
    genetics, ecology, distribution, classification,
    and economic importance.
  • Plant Anatomy – study of the internal structure of plants.
  • Plant Physiology – study of plant and behaviour, encompassing all the dynamic processes of growth, metabolism,reproduction, defense, and communication that account for plants being alive
  • Plant Taxonomy – science that finds, identifies, describes, classifies, and names plants.
  • Plant Systematics - its primary goal is to reconstruct the evolutionary history of plant life. It divides plants into taxonomic groups, using morphological, anatomical, embryological, chromosomal and chemical data.
  • Plant Geography - the study of the distributions of plants and animals through time.
  • Plant Ecology - examines the relationships between plants and their physical and biotic environment.
  • Plant Morphology - is the general term for the study of the morphology (physical form and external structure) of plants.
  • Plant Genetics - the study of genes, genetic variation, and heredity specifically in plants.
  • Cell Biology - the study of cell structure and function, and revolves around the concept that the cell is the fundamental unit of life.
  • Economic Botany - the study of the relationship between people (individuals and cultures) and plants.
  • Ethnobotany - the study of a region's plants and their practical uses through the traditional knowledge of a local culture and people.