Botany

Botany

Terms that are in relation to the study or science of plants.

Contributors in Botany

Botany

Crataegus is a large genus of shrubs and trees in the rose family, Rosaceae, native to temperate regions of the Northern Hemisphere in Europe, Asia and North America. The name hawthorn was originally ...

beech

Biology; Botany

Beech is a genus of ten species of deciduous trees in the family Fagaceae, native to temperate Europe, Asia and North America.The leaves of beech trees are entire or sparsely toothed, from 5–15 cm ...

fraxinus

Biology; Botany

Fraxinus is a genus of flowering plants in the olive and lilac family, Oleaceae. It contains 45-65 species of usually medium to large trees, mostly deciduous though a few subtropical species are ...

holly

Biology; Botany

Holly is a genus of 400 to 600 species of flowering plants in the family Aquifoliaceae, and the only living genus in that family. The species are evergreen and deciduous trees, shrubs, and climbers ...

populus

Biology; Botany

Populus is a genus of 25–35 species of deciduous flowering plants in the family Salicaceae, native to most of the Northern Hemisphere.The bark on young trees is smooth, white to greenish or dark ...

prunus

Biology; Botany

Prunus is a genus of trees and shrubs, which includes the plums, cherries, peaches, apricots and almonds. Around 430 species are spread throughout the northern temperate regions of the globe. Many ...

maple

Biology; Botany

Maples are variously classified in a family of their own, the Aceraceae, or together with the Hippocastanaceae included in the family Sapindaceae. Modern classifications, including the Angiosperm ...