Botany is the scientific study of plants and organisms that were historically considered plantlike. It helps us understand why plants are so vitally important to the world.

Basic Botany Learning Objectives Explain basic plant processes that affect plant growth. Understand the classification system of botanical nomenclature. Distinguish between monocot and true dicots/eudicots.

A Photographic Atlas for the Botany Laboratory, 2nd Edition Morton Publishing Company, Englewood, CO.

Seed plants represent over 80% of terrestrial biomass and underpin agriculture, forestry, and biodiversity.

Botany is important in the area of economic productivity because it is involved in the study of crops and ideal growing techniques that helps farmers increase crop yield.

Based on its life cycle, a plant is classified as either an annual, biennial, or perennial. An annual, such as a zinnia, completes its life cycle in one year. Annuals are said to go from seed to seed in one year or …

Stem – The (usually) above ground part of a plant that supports the plant and transports water and nutrients. It might be woody, like a tree trunk, or fleshy, like a stalk of a clover. Leaf – The (usually) …