Paul k. Strother

Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, Weston Observatory of Boston College, MA, USA

Publications

• Editorial Note   
  Tansition of plants to land
  Author(s): Paul k. Strother*
  
  Botany, also called plant science(s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek word βοτάνη (botanÄ?) meaning "pasture", "herbs" "grass", or "fodder"; βοτάνη is in turn derived from βÏ?σκειν (boskein), "to feed" or "to graze". Traditionally, botany has also included the study of fungi and algae by mycologists and phycologists respectively, with the study of these three groups of organisms remaining within the sphere of interest of the International Botanical Congress. Nowadays, botanists (in the strict sense) study approximately 410,000 species of land plants of.. View More»
  

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