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Home » Gardening Information » Garden Botany

Garden Botany

Everything you wanted to know about the natural history of plants.

Plant Names

• How Plants Are Named
• Common Specific Epithets
• The Rules for Naming Plants
• Why Plant Names Change
• International Registration Authorities
• Further Reading

Plant Classification

• Introduction
• Phylogeny
• Keys
• The 25 Most Diverse Plant Families
• Further Reading

Plant Structures & Their Function

• Grouping Plants by Form and Function
• Plant Parts:
• • Roots
  • Stem
  • Leaves
  • Infloresences
  • Flowers
  • Fruit
  • Further Reading

Reproduction & Propagation

• Asexual Reproduction
• The Sexual Plant Life Cycle:
• Bryophytes
• Ferns
• Gymnosperms
• Angiosperms
• The Flower
• The Fruit
• Further Reading

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