Botany Definition and 14 Threads

If I'm informed that a structure on a plant is a leaf with a certain number of leaflets, I can usually visualize the plant that way. But if I'm not informed about that fact, I only see leaves. How can I distinguish leaves vs leaflets?

Would love some insight: We're always taught that you can tell a leaf by the axillary bud where the petiole connects to the stem. But what if the axillary bud has developed into a stem/branch? Would it be correct to say that leaves often lack axillary buds at their junction with the stem (maybe...

I am creating a blueprint for my future garden and I have been researching ways to naturally insulate plants for protection from cold and hot weather plus other necessities to create a flowing garden on a budget. If you have some ideas bring 'em on. I am open to a plethora of possibilities.

I've heard it from my classmates that particle physics is just like botany or when physics meets taxonomy. There is even a quote from Enrico Fermi about this "If I could remember all names of these particles I'd be a botanist" I just want to know how true is that.

I am more of a budding (sorry) botanist / plant scientist, but I have an interest in astrophysics, how planets came to be the way they are and how this can help us understand what makes a habitable planet. I'm also starting something of a novel regarding a failing terraformed utopia. I won't...

Hi - I'm working to accumulate data on photosynthetic flux saturation levels across a range of plant species, and am having a bit of trouble understanding this paper: https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.3732/ajb.94.8.1344 Table 5 shows PPFD vs. ETR, and shows photosynthesis saturating...

Hi there, I was hoping I could get some advice to get on a path to become a Botanist, specifically one the deals in the Genetics Engineering of new Plants (not Pharming but something along the lines of creating new breeds of plant for consumption). I feel this is what I want to do with my life...

I enjoy learning anything and everything that lights my curiosity. I tend to learn faster and retain information much better than most people. Though when it comes to things that don't interest me, my mind struggles to give it any thought. I know loads of random facts, from the skeletal...

Hi everyone, My details: Age: 26 Education: Bachelor's in Mass Media; Post-graduate Diploma in Journalism Work ex: 5 years for an international news agency covering pharmaceuticals and healthcare. I loved science in high school and was great at it, but couldn't continue due to some unavoidable...

hi i had doubt in hereditary and evolution chapter class 10 CBSE India So now I know that the phenotypic ratio of the pea ( with reference to dwarfness and tallness) is 3 : 1 which can be interpreted as : for every 4 pea plants obtained by a peapod, there are 3 tall plants and 1 dwarf plant...

Hi, I live in Missouri I'm currently in a Botany class that has a project that requires us(me and my lab partner) to find 35 Missouri native plants, tree's, shrubs, etc. Any helpful advice on how to go about this would be appreciated. Department of conservation said go to parks and pick...

Hey there, I was reading up on angiosperms, and one of the possible evolutionary relationships that showed up were ancestors that originally had 2 cotyledons, and the lost of one later on rose to the arisal of monocots. I suppose this might be a really tough question, but what would be the...

Hey guys, I've been spending a 3 hrs trying to figure this one out... 1) Why does adding sugar to rasberries make them juicy? to rephrase I mean why would the entire raspberry/sugar concoction become more juicer as a whole (why will there end up being juice in the bowl?) It has to do...

"Jobs in Botany" Project I'm currently auditing a class at the public high school on Botany. The current assignment is to find two government-funded, and two non-government-related, jobs in Botany in Michigan. How exactly would I go about finding these? I've tried some search engines, but...