This glossary of botanical terms is a list of definitions of terms and concepts relevant to

botany Botany, also called plant science, is the branch of natural science and biology studying plants, especially Plant anatomy, their anatomy, Plant taxonomy, taxonomy, and Plant ecology, ecology. A botanist or plant scientist is a scientist who s ...

and

plant Plants are the eukaryotes that form the Kingdom (biology), kingdom Plantae; they are predominantly Photosynthesis, photosynthetic. This means that they obtain their energy from sunlight, using chloroplasts derived from endosymbiosis with c ...

s in general. Terms of

plant morphology Phytomorphology is the study of the physical form and external structure of plants.Raven, P. H., R. F. Evert, & S. E. Eichhorn. ''Biology of Plants'', 7th ed., page 9. (New York: W. H. Freeman, 2005). . This is usually considered distinct from pl ...

are included here as well as at the more specific

Glossary of plant morphology This page provides a glossary of plant morphology. Botanists and other biologists who study plant morphology use a number of different terms to classify and identify plant organs and parts that can be observed using no more than a handheld magnify ...

and

Glossary of leaf morphology The following terms are used to describe leaf plant morphology, morphology in the description and taxonomy (biology), taxonomy of plants. Leaves may be simple (that is, the leaf blade or 'lamina' is undivided) or compound (that is, the leaf blade ...

. For other related terms, see Glossary of phytopathology,

Glossary of lichen terms This glossary provides an overview of scientific terminology, terms used in the description of lichens, composite organisms arising from algae or cyanobacteria living symbiosis, symbiotically among Hypha, filaments of multiple fungus species. Er ...

, and

List of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names This list of Latin and Greek words commonly used in systematic names is intended to help those unfamiliar with classical languages to understand and remember the scientific names of organisms. The binomial nomenclature used for animals and plants ...

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Tetradenia riparia leaves and buds IMG 2103c

Watsonia flower with adnate stamens and connate petals IMG 1974c

Starr 070404-6665 Araucaria cunninghamii

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Leaf morphology type ternately-compound biternate

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Dianthus chinensis - Raspberry parfait 3

Crassula rupestris on cliff face - Cape Town

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Eucalyptus grandis bark decorticating 7th Brigade Park Chermside L1100307

Ziziphus mauritiana Lam - Flickr - lalithamba

Young castor bean plant showing prominent cotyledons

Brachylaena discolor Brachylaena uniflora leaves both

Dissepiment label added to file of Jon Houseman

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Ficus lyrata as an example of a doubly-emarginate leaf

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Urochloa mosambicensis spikelet12 annotated - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man

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Viscum capense and haustorium on Searsia sp IMG 2203

Eucalyptus foliage isobilateral dorsiventral IMG 0588e

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Dormant buds on twig of English Oak Quercus robur 5523

Melia azedarach doubly imparipinnate compound leaf IMG 2096c

Pelargonium graveolens- Kirstenbosch botanical garden - 2

Hypericum garden specimen indefinite stamens IMG 9066

Indehiscent pods of Libidibia ferrea IMG 8652

Aloe brevifolia indeterminate raceme IMG 9016

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Eucalyptus camaldulensis has dorsiventral juvenile leaves but isobilateral leaves on mature trees IMG 2014a

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Tropical pitcher plant - Tanjung Puting National Park - Indonesia 1

Setaria incrassata node1 NWP - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man

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CSIRO ScienceImage 207 The Mountain Devil Lambertia formosa shrub regenerating from lignotubers

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Acaulescent habit of Drimiopsis maculata IMG 1956

Geranium incanum schizocarp and mericarp IMG 8807c

Mucro at the tip of the rachis of a compound leaf of Vachellia karoo IMG 7977

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Helleborus argutifolius flower-5155~2016 01 03

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Liquidambar styraciflua bud emerging from its protective imbricate cataphyll scales IMG 2102

Bipinnate leaf anatomy with alternate labels

Simply pinnate leaf of Ekebergia capensis IMG 2422

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Reticulate veins in leaf of Ficus carica IMG 9203s

Retuse obtuse leaf of Searsia glauca IMG 9112

Iris pseudacorus rhizome and roots IMG 9222s

Rugose leaf from a species of Gasteria IMG 9225

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Salsola australis stem1 - Flickr - Macleay Grass Man

Subulate leaves on unidentified Aloe IMG 1999d

Acaulescent habit of Hypoxis species and Gasteria species IMG 1957

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File:Rumex vascular bundle from Commons, adapted copy of commons file.jpg, alt=refer to caption, A: Phloem
B: Cambium
C: Xylem
D: Fibrous sheath of vascular bundle File:Leaf veins and velutinous hairs of Nepeta IMG 8150c.jpg, alt=refer to caption, File:Clinging root of epiphyte.jpg, alt=refer to caption, File:Hesperiidae on Pueraria phaseoloides in Kadavoor.jpg, alt=refer to caption, File:Vercillaster.jpg, alt=refer to caption, File:Fg verticillate.JPG, alt=refer to caption, File:Pachycarpus schinzianus 14.jpg, In this pollinarium the viscidium is the sticky lump in the middle of the yoke-like stipe connecting the two pollinia. File:Viscum capense Detail of branch and vestigial leaf scales IMG 6409.JPG, alt=refer to caption, File:Asparagus virgatus IMG 8069.jpg, alt=refer to caption,

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File:Watershoots.JPG, alt=refer to caption, File:Brabejum stellatifolium tree CapeWildAlmond 3.JPG, alt=refer to caption, File:Winged seeds of Catalpa bignonioides IMG 2557c.jpg, alt=refer to caption, File:Citrus limon - leaf with winged petiole.jpg, alt=refer to caption, File:Senecio haworthii Felted leaves 2012 07 19 7536.JPG, alt=refer to caption,

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File:Pelargonium zonale a1.jpg, alt=refer to caption, File:Pelargonium quercifolium habit.jpg, alt=refer to caption,

References

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Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew

Stuppy, W. Glossary of Seed and Fruit Morphological Terms

Australia and New Zealand

University of Sydney: Eflora—Glossary

Florabase (Western Australia)

Flora of S Australia

Botany Word of the Day
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New Zealand Plant Conservation Network

Africa

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Plants of southern Africa
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