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This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to botany and plants in general. Terms of plant morphology are included here as well as at the more specific Glossary of plant morphology and Glossary of leaf morphology. For other related terms, see Glossary of phytopathology, Glossary of lichen terms, and ...
In contrast, this page deals with botanical terms in a systematic manner, with some illustrations, and organized by plant anatomy and function in plant physiology. [1] This glossary primarily includes terms that deal with vascular plants (ferns, gymnosperms and angiosperms), particularly flowering plants (angiosperms).
Glossary of botanical terms; List of Greek and Latin roots in English; List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names; List of plant genera named for people: A–C, D–J, K–P, Q–Z; List of plant genus names with etymologies: A–C, D–K, L–P, Q–Z
A sign for Crassula rupestris at the University of Helsinki Botanical Garden. The roots for the binomial name are crassus (thick, fat) and rupestris (living on cliffs or rocks) This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the ...
Botanical nomenclature is the formal, scientific naming of plants. It is related to, but distinct from taxonomy . Plant taxonomy is concerned with grouping and classifying plants; botanical nomenclature then provides names for the results of this process.
The botanical term angiosperm, or flowering plant, comes from the Greek angeíon (ἀγγεῖον; 'bottle, vessel') and spérma (σπέρμα; 'seed'); in 1690, the term Angiospermae was coined by Paul Hermann, albeit in reference to only a small subset of the species that are known as angiosperms, today.
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Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 141 (4): 399–436. doi: 10.1046/j.1095-8339.2003.t01-1-00158.x. (Available online: Abstract | Full text (HTML) | Full text (PDF)) APG III (2009) APG (2009). "An update of the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group classification for the orders and families of flowering plants: APG III". Botanical Journal of the ...