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Plant anatomy — or phytotomy is the general term for the study of the internal structure of plants. While originally it included plant morphology, which is the description of the physical form and external structure of plants, since the mid Twentieth Century the … Wikipedia
Plant morphology — (or phytomorphology) is the general term for the study of the morphology (physical form and external structure) of plants. [Raven, P. H., R. F. Evert, S. E. Eichhorn. Biology of Plants , 7th ed., page 9. (New York: W. H. Freeman, 2005). ISBN 0… … Wikipedia
Anatomy — (from the Greek polytonic|ἀνατομία anatomia , from polytonic|ἀνατέμνειν ana: separate, apart from, and temnein , to cut up, cut open) is a branch of biology that is the consideration of the structure of living things. It is a general term that… … Wikipedia
Plant physiology — is a subdiscipline of botany concerned with the function, or physiology, of plants.Salisbury, Frank B. Cleon W. Ross, 1992. Plant physiology , 4th ed. (Belmont, California: Wadsworth Publishing). ISBN 0 534 15162 0] Closely related fields include … Wikipedia
Plant taxonomy — is the science that finds, describes, classifies, identifies, and names plants. It thus 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. In practice,… … Wikipedia
Plant cell — Plant cells are eukaryotic cells that differ in several key respects from the cells of other eukaryotic organisms. Their distinctive features include: * A large central vacuole, a sap filled volume enclosed by a membrane known as the tonoplast JA … Wikipedia
Plant evolutionary developmental biology — For a more ecological discussion on the evolution of plant morphology, refer to Evolutionary history of plants Evolutionary developmental biology (evo devo) refers to the study of developmental programs and patterns from an evolutionary… … Wikipedia
Plant stem — Stem showing internode and nodes plus leaf petioles A stem is one of two main structural axes of a vascular plant. The stem is normally divided into nodes and internodes, the nodes hold buds which grow into one or more leaves, inflorescence… … Wikipedia
Plant cuticle — Water beads on the waxy cuticle of kale leaves Anatomy of a leaf … Wikipedia
Plant — For other uses, see Plant (disambiguation). Plants Temporal range: Early Cambrian to recent, but see text, 520–0 Ma … Wikipedia
