Lesson 2: Introduction and History of Botany

Genus

closely related

Species

specific rank

Written Digitally

Italicized

Handwritten

Underlined

First Word

Capitalized first letter

Second Word

lowercase first letter

Botany (derivation)

Botanikos, Botane, Boskein, Botanique

Botanikos

greek, botanical

Botane

greek, plant/herb

Boskein

greek, to feed

Botanique

french, botanical

Botany (roots)

with the Stone Age people

Botany (definition)

study of plant and plant-like organisms

6 Botany Disciplines

Plant Molecular Biology, Plant Biochemistry, Plant Cell Biology, Plant Anatomy, Plant Morphology, Plant Physiology

Plant Molecular Biology

study of biological molecules

Plant Biochemistry

study of chemical interactions happening in plants

Plant Cell Biology

study of the structures, functions, and processes of plant cells

Plant Anatomy

study of microscopic plant structure

Plant Morphology

Study of the structure of plant parts

Plant Physiology

study such processes as photosynthesis and mineral nutrition to understand how plants function.

Theophrastus

4th Century, Father of Botany, Wrote Historia Plantarium

Pedanius Discorides

AD60, Father of Pharmacognosy, Wrote De Materia Medica I-V

Johannes Van Helmont

1640, uptake of water

Robert Hooke

1665, Inventor of the Microscope, Wrote Micrographia

Anton Van Leeuwenhoek

1694, discovered the cell

John Ray

1694, published Historia Plantarium

Rudolf Camerarius

1694, wrote De Sexu Platariun Epistola

Stephen Hales

1727, wrote Vegetable Staticks on respiration of the plant

Carolus Linnaeus

1758, Father of Taxonomy

Joseph Priestley

late 18th Century, Experiments and Observations on Different Kinds of Air

CO2

Fixed Air

O2

Dephlogisticated Air

Two Kinds of Cholorophyll

Principal Pigment

the pigment that initiates photosynthesis