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Botany, science devoted to the study of plants.
Botany, microbiology, and zoology together compose the science of biology.
Humanity's earliest concern with plants was with their practical uses, i.e., for
fuel, clothing, shelter, and, particularly, food and drugs. The establishment of
botany as an intellectual science came in classical times. In the 4th cent.
B.C., Aristotle and his pupil Theophrastus worked out descriptions and
principles of plant types and functions that remained the prototype for
botanical observation for 1,000 years. During the stagnant period of the Middle
Ages the knowledge of the classical scholars was preserved in the European
monasteries and by the Arabs in the Middle East. In the 16th and 17th cent. an
interest in botany revived in Europe and spread to America by way of European
conquest and colonization. At that time both botany and the art of gardening
stressed the utility of plants for man; the popular herbal, describing the
medical uses of plants, mingled current superstition with fact. In the late 17th
and the 18th cent. the influence of the ancient scholars was modified by the
growth of scientific botany. Through careful and accurate observation the
sciences of taxonomy and morphology were developed, providing the basis
for the first systematic classification of organisms, chiefly in the work
of Linnaeus. With the microscope came the development of plant anatomy and
research on the cell. New knowledge of the principles of chemistry and physics
spurred experimentation in plant physiology, notably the early work of
Stephen Hales on the sources and manufacture of plant food, which led to studies
of such basic processes as photosynthesis. Modern botany has expanded into all
areas of biology, including molecular biology, and has developed such
specialties as ethnobotany, which studies the use of plants in preindustrial
societies. Perhaps most significant was the work of Mendel in plant breeding at
the middle (1859) of the 19th cent., from which grew the science of genetics.
Allied with experimental botany are the various practical aspects that have
developed into specific scientific disciplines
(e.g., agriculture, agronomy, horticulture, and forestry).
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CalFlora Database -
provides access to information about all 8375 currently recognized plants in
California, including more than 670,000 plant observations and 20,000
photographs.
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Dr. Scott Russell's Botanical Links -
Variety of informative, up-to-date, plant-related links from the Univ. of
Oklahoma.
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International Organization for Plant Information -
Manages a series of cooperative international projects that aim to create
plant taxonomic information databases; also includes useful general
botanical links - commissioned by the International Union of Biological
Sciences.
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Plants For a Future -
A resource centre for rare and unusual plants, particularly those which have
edible, medicinal or other uses. The site contains an online database of
over 7000 plants.
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Schoolhouse: Science: Botany Resources -
A list of links related to various aspects of botany.
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USDA PLANTS Database -
Plant names, photos, fact sheets, and information on culturally significant
plants, noxious and invasive plants, and threatened and endangered plants,
with links to thousands of plant-related sites and software tools.
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World-Wide Web Virtual Library: Botany -
Collection of scholarly and research links for plant biology.
Articles:
Plant Pathology
Plant Pathologist resources and botanical diseases
Biological Data
This index site covers the spectrum of biological data and services, including
links to libraries, databases, conferences and
more.
BioWorld
Provides an extensive collection of resources and tools for biological study and
research. Includes links to databases, tools, institutions, journals,
search tools etc.
Biology related links
Visit here to connect
with catalogs, tutorials, conferences, databases and many other scientific and
academic resources and links
Plant diseases
Web site related to plant diseases and
related topics
Plant Classification
It gives scientific classification of plants
and other informations
Plant Taxonomy
Lots of information about scientific
classification of plants & other informations to identify the
plant
Images of Plants, flowers
Here are thousands of pictures of plants,
flowers, trees, fungi and other vegetation.
BioTech Information Server
Visitors will find science
resources, educational guides, reference databases, publication and many other
information services.
Biological Resources
Offers visitors biological,
agricultural and medical Internet resource collection. Search by subject,
keyword or title, view the table of contents
American Society for Horticultural Science
Provides notes, share data and post
publications at the American Society for Horticultural Science home page.
Biology Information
Services
Visitors here will
find information on careers in
experimental biology, the latest news from the field
Protein Data Bank
Can
search the Protein Data Bank World Wide Web Server. Newsletters, documentation
and Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)
Flora of Europe
A vast selection of flora families -- from Aponcynaceae to Euphorbiaceae
toViolaceae -- are indexed here.
Directory for Botany
Botany fanatics can access lots of links conveniently organized by subject at
this site.
Wild-Flowers
This wildflower index provides
pointers to online catalogs, institutes, identification pages, and much more.
American Phytopathological Society
The American Phytopathological Society boasts nearly a century of plant disease
research and Some of its publications are
available to the public;
American Society for Horticultural Science
Individuals with both green thumbs and Ph.D.s compare notes, share data and post
publications at the American Society for Horticultural Science home page.
British Trees
The trees of Great Britain come to life on the Web through this page that
features an introductory guide as well as links to magazines
Magazines
Plant Gene Register
An online publication
produced by the American Society of Plant Physiologists. It allows you
to access a large database of plant genes.
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