botanies

Studies of plants

Botanies is the plural of botany, the scientific study of plants.

The plural appears when distinguishing different branches or traditions of plant science: The botanies of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries differed greatly in method.

It may also refer to multiple instances of botanical knowledge or writing: regional botanies of North America.

scientific

taxonomy

Science of categorical arrangement

herbarium · specimens · flora · morphology · physiology · ecology · genetics · evolution · phylogeny · anatomy

historical

herbals

Plant-based remedy guides

collectors · illustrations · Kew · apothecaries · Renaissance · Victorian · exploration · voyages · naturalists · Darwin

regional

flora

Plants of a region

native plants · biodiversity · ecosystems · habitats · tropical · temperate · arctic · alpine · desert · rainforest

applied

horticulture

Cultivating plants systematically

conservation · cultivation · propagation · breeding · medicinal plants · food plants · timber · biofuels · landscaping · restoration

Opposites
scientific discipline by subject organism

botaniesmammalogy

Science of mammals

ornithology · entomology · ichthyology · herpetology

organic vs. inorganic subject matter

botaniesgeologies

Studies of planetary structure

earth sciences · physical sciences · chemistries · physics · meteorologies

subject of biological study

botaniesornithologies

Studies of avian life

Phrases
Family

botanical, botanist, botanic, botanicals, botanists, botanize

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