Botany: The Study of Plant Life

The term 'botany' comes from the Ancient Greek word βοτάνη (botanē) meaning 'pasture', 'herbs', 'grass', or 'fodder'; βοτάνη is in turn derived from βόσκειν (boskein), 'to feed' or 'to graze'.

Medieval physic gardens were often attached to monasteries.

Botanists study approximately 410,000 species of land plants, of which some 391,000 species are vascular plants, including approximately 369,000 species of flowering plants, and approximately 20,000 are bryophytes.

<p>One of the earliest botanical gardens mentioned in the text is the Padua botanical garden.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>Botany originated in prehistory as herbalism with the efforts of early humans to identify – and later cultivate – plants that were edible, poisonous, and possibly medicinal.</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>interphase and mitosis in the M phase</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>cell division</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>cell cycle checkpoints</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>B, C, and D periods</p> Signup and view all the answers

<p>DNA replication</p> Signup and view all the answers