Final Exam Study Guide - Principles of Plant Biology | BZ 120, Study notes of Botany and Agronomy

Download Final Exam Study Guide - Principles of Plant Biology | BZ 120 and more Study notes Botany and Agronomy in PDF only on Docsity! BZ 120 Terms & Concepts, Week ? Botany — the scientific study of plants and “plant-like” organisms Why are plants important? autotrophic (“self-feeding”) photosynthesis gas exchange heterotrophic (“other-feeding”) plants/autotrophs serve as the base of food chains biofuels & fossil fuels plant materials & medicines historical foundations of botany Theophrastus (‘father of botany") organs: stem, leaf, root growth forms: tree, shrub, herb, vine lifespans: annual, biennial, perennial Medicinal use of plants was a key influence on the development of botany Dioscorides (author of Materia Medica) doctrine of signatures (e.g., walnut, moonwort, mandrake, etc.) herbals (& the printing press) microscopes & the “hidden worid” Hooke's “cells” common vs. scientific name problems with using only common names pre-Linnaeus scientific names: genus + descriptive phrase (often iong & unwieldy) Linnaeus & Species Plantarum (1753) binomial nomenclature format of a scientific name (e.g., Nepeta cataria) hierarchy of classification: species/genus/family/order/class/phylum or division/kingdom/domain 3 Domains: Archaea, Bacteria, & Eukarya 4 Kingdoms of Eukarya: Protista, Plantae, Fungi, Animalia