- "Plant taxonomy is the science that finds, identifies, describes, classifies, and names plants."
The classification of plants based on their physical and genetic characteristics, including morphology, anatomy, and molecular biology.
Botanical Nomenclature: It is the system of naming plants in a standardized way.
Plant Classification: It is the categorization of plants into related groups based on their characteristics.
Plant Identification: It is the process of identifying a plant species based on its characteristics.
Plant Families: It is a group of related plant species that share common characteristics.
Plant Characteristics: It is a set of physical, anatomical, and biochemical features of plants that help to identify and classify them.
Plant Morphology: It is the study of the external structure and form of plants.
Plant Anatomy: It is the study of the internal structure of plants.
Plant Physiology: It is the study of how plants function and how they respond to environmental factors.
Plant Ecology: It is the study of the relationship between plants and their environment.
Taxonomic Keys: It is a tool used to identify plants by answering a series of questions based on their characteristics.
Molecular Phylogenetics: It is the study of the evolutionary relationships between plants based on the analysis of DNA sequences.
Plant Evolution: It is the study of how plants have evolved over time.
Plant Distribution: It is the study of the geographic distribution of plants.
Biogeography: It is the study of past and present distribution patterns of plants and animals.
Plant Systematics: It is the study of the evolutionary relationships between plants and the classification of plants based on those relationships.
Comparative Morphology: It is the study of the similarities and differences between plant species.
Plant Speciation: It is the process by which new plant species arise.
Botanical Gardens: It is a collection of living plants grown for scientific, educational, and aesthetic purposes.
Ethnobotany: It is the study of the relationship between people and plants.
Plant Conservation: It is the protection and management of plant species in their natural habitats.
Linnaean Taxonomy: Created by Carl Linnaeus and based on a hierarchical system of naming and classifying organisms according to their physical characteristics.
Phylogenetic Taxonomy: Based on the evolutionary relationships between organisms, identifying groups based on shared ancestries.
Numerical Taxonomy: A statistical approach that uses a large number of measurable traits to classify groups of plants.
Cladistic Taxonomy: Similar to phylogenetic, but focuses on only using shared, derived characteristics to classify plants.
Modern Evolutionary Systematics: A type of phylogenetic taxonomy that incorporates principles of the theory of evolution and gives importance to both morphology and molecular genetics.
Genera Plantarum: A system of classification introduced by Augustin Pyramus de Candolle, which uses the features of the fruit to arrange plants.
Bentham and Hooker system: A system of classification that uses various morphological characteristics as well as geological distribution to classify.
Engler system: A system of classification that incorporates morphology and physiology, dividing plants into the three groups: Cryptogamia, Gymnospermae, and Angiospermae.
Nakai system: A system of classification that is based on a combination of morphological and ecological characteristics, such as growth form and habitat.
Cronquist system: A system of classification that is based on the number of chromosomes and other structural characteristics.
Hacker and Zetler system: A system of classification that focuses on the root morphology, physiology and anatomy of plants.
Takhtajan system: A system of classification that is based on the molecular biology, evolutionary history and the adaptation to different environments.
- "Plant taxonomy is one of the main branches of taxonomy."
- "Plant taxonomy is closely allied to plant systematics, and there is no sharp boundary between the two."
- "Plant systematics involves relationships between plants and their evolution, especially at the higher levels."
- "Plant taxonomy deals with the actual handling of plant specimens."
- "The precise relationship between taxonomy and systematics, however, has changed along with the goals and methods employed."
- "Plant taxonomy is well known for being turbulent."
- "Traditionally not having any close agreement on circumscription and placement of taxa."
- "Finds, identifies, describes, classifies, and names plants."
- "Plant systematics involves relationships between plants and their evolution."
- "Plant systematics involves relationships between plants and their evolution, especially at the higher levels, whereas plant taxonomy deals with the actual handling of plant specimens."
- "The precise relationship between taxonomy and systematics, however, has changed along with the goals and methods employed."
- "Plant taxonomy is closely allied to plant systematics."
- "Plant taxonomy is well known for being turbulent."
- "See the list of systems of plant taxonomy."
- "Finds, identifies, describes, classifies, and names plants."
- "Plant systematics involves relationships between plants and their evolution, especially at the higher levels."
- "There is no sharp boundary between the two."
- "The precise relationship between taxonomy and systematics, however, has changed along with the goals and methods employed."
- "Plant taxonomy deals with the actual handling of plant specimens."