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What does the term 'botany' come from?

  • Sanskrit term for 'study of plant life'
  • Latin word for 'plants' which evolved into 'botany'
  • Ancient Greek word βοτάνη (botanē) meaning 'pasture', 'herbs', 'grass', or 'fodder' (correct)
  • Arabic word 'botan' meaning 'green vegetation'
  • What is the approximate number of vascular plant species studied by botanists?

  • 1,000,000 species of non-flowering plants
  • 369,000 species of flowering plants (correct)
  • 50,000 species of non-flowering plants
  • 100,000 species of flowering plants
  • What did botany originate as in prehistory?

  • Alchemy with the pursuit of turning plants into gold
  • Herbalism with the efforts of early humans to identify plants (correct)
  • Pharmacology with the study of plants' medicinal properties
  • Astrology with the study of plants' alignment with stars
  • What is the sphere of interest of the International Botanical Congress?

    <p>Study of land plants, fungi, and algae</p> Signup and view all the answers

    What do mycologists and phycologists study respectively?

    <p>Fungi and algae</p> Signup and view all the answers

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