‘What is a plant?’ is concerned with the biological classifications of plants and the ‘tree of life’ (or phylogeny) that shows how all living organisms are related to each other. The
Read MoreIntroduction to Plants Plants are multicellular eukaryotic organisms with the ability to produce their own food by the process of photosynthesis. (They are autotrophs.) Algae
Read MoreFigure 1: Plants dominate the landscape and play an integral role in human societies. (a) Palm trees grow in tropical or subtropical climates; (b) wheat is a crop in most of the world; the flower of (c) the cotton plant
Read MoreBotany, branch of biology that deals with the study of plants, including their structure, properties, and biochemical processes. The principles and findings of botany have provided the base for such applied sciences as
Read MoreBotany is the scientific study of plants and plant-like organisms. It helps us understand why plants are so vitally important to the world. Plants start the majority of food and
Read MorePlants are the eukaryotes that form the kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly photosynthetic.This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with
Read MorePlant bodies are divided into two regions, the underground root portion and the aerial shoot portion (including stem, leaves, flowers, and fruits). These different regions of
Read MoreAn Introduction to Plants gives you facts on everything from cells to seeds. The Major Groups section is from fungi to algae, ferns, conifers, and flowering plants. In Flowering
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