Botany

Study Guide to the Science of Botany

A Free Online Textbook

Contributors

Introduction to the Guide

How to use this Guide

A special note ~ How to contribute

Table of contents

Winter landscape in rural western Europe

Plants tend to dominate both natural and rural landscapes
in all but the most rigorous of environments

Plant Biology

Chapter 1 ~ An Introduction to Botany

• Botany as a Science
• Living Systems
• Plants and their Uses
• Introduction to Classification

Chapter 2 ~ Plant cells

• Plant Cell Structure
• Basic Cell Function
• Plant Cell Specializations

• Microscopy laboratory

Chapter 3 ~ Plant tissues

• Meristems

Chapter 4 ~ Plant organs

• The Leaf
• The Stem
• The Root

Chapter 5   ~ Plant reproduction

• Vegetative Reproduction
• The Flower
• The Seed and germination
• The Fruit

• Flower laboratory
• Seed laboratory

Chapter 6   ~ Plant Morphology

Plant Systematics

Chapter 7   ~ Plant Systematics

Chapter 8 ~ Microbiology

• Bacteria
• Viruses

Chapter 9   ~ Phycology (The Algae)

Chapter 10   ~ Mycology (The Fungi)

Chapter 11   ~ Bryology (The Liverworts & Mosses)

Chapter 12   ~ Division Pterophyta (The Ferns)

Chapter 13   ~ Division Equisetophyta (The Club Mosses and Horsetails)

Chapter 14   ~ Division Pinophyta (conifers)

Chapter 15   ~ Division Magnoliophyta (I) (flowering plants)

• Magnoliopsida (dicots)

Chapter 16   ~ Division Magnoliophyta (II) (flowering plants)

• Liliopsida (monocots)
• Grasses