

These gardens facilitated the academic study of plants. One of the earliest was the Padua botanical garden. They were forerunners of the first botanical gardens attached to universities, founded from the 1540s onwards. Medieval physic gardens, often attached to monasteries, contained plants of medical importance. īotany originated in prehistory as herbalism with the efforts of early humans to identify – and later cultivate – edible, medicinal and poisonous plants, making it one of the oldest branches of science. Nowadays, botanists (in the strict sense) study approximately 410,000 species of land plants of which some 391,000 species are vascular plants (including approximately 369,000 species of flowering plants), and approximately 20,000 are bryophytes. Traditionally, botany has also included the study of fungi and algae by mycologists and phycologists respectively, with the study of these three groups of organisms remaining within the sphere of interest of the International Botanical Congress. The term "botany" comes from the Ancient Greek word βοτάνη ( botanē) meaning " pasture", " herbs" " grass", or " fodder" βοτάνη is in turn derived from βόσκειν ( boskein), "to feed" or "to graze". A botanist, plant scientist or phytologist is a scientist who specialises in this field. It will include both the official binomial nomenclature (scientific names usually in Latin) as well as regional spellings and variants.Botany, also called plant science( s), plant biology or phytology, is the science of plant life and a branch of biology. This sections includes definitions from the five kingdoms of living things: Animals, Plants, Fungi, Protists and Monera. Journal of Botany (1985) context information aristata for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity: References regarding Hypoestes aristata (Vahl) Sol. violaceo-tincta Benoist, Hypoestes violaceotincta Lindau, Justicia aristata Vahl, Justicia forskalei Vahl, Justicia forskaolii Vahl, Justicia paniculata Forssk., Justicia verticillaris L.f.

mollis Benoist, Hypoestes verticillaris var.

hildebrandtii Benoist, Hypoestes verticillaris var. forskaolii (Vahl) Benoist, Hypoestes verticillaris var. Anderson, Hypoestes paniculata (Forssk.) Schweinf., Hypoestes preussii Lindau, Hypoestes verticillaris auct., Hypoestes verticillaris (L.f.) Sol. Br., Hypoestes hildebrandtii Lindau, Hypoestes latifolia Hochst. & Schult., Hypoestes forskaolii (Vahl) R. macrophylla Nees, Hypoestes forskalei (Vahl) Sol. aristata is another plant having the following synonyms: Hypoestes antennifera S. Botanische Jahrbücher für Systematik, Pflanzengeschichte und Pflanzengeographie (1895)Ģ) Hypoestes aristata (Vahl) Sol.Journal of Botany, British and Foreign (1880).Journal of the Linnean Society, Botany (1863).Prodromus Systematis Naturalis Regni Vegetabilis (1847).A Voyage to Abyssinia, and travels into the (1814).for further research on medicinal uses or toxicity: Anderson, Hypoestes staudtii Lindau, Justicia aristata Vahl. staudtii (Lindau) Benoist, Hypoestes barteri T. macrophylla Nees, Hypoestes aristata var. Anderson) Benoist, Hypoestes aristata var. & Schult., Hypoestes aristata R.Br., Hypoestes aristata var. It has the following synonyms: Hypoestes antennifera S. This page contains potential references in modern medicine, Ayurveda, and other local traditions or folk medicine. is the name of a plant defined in various botanical sources. Hypoestes aristata in Biology glossary Source: Google Books: CRC World Dictionary (Latin names Binomial nomenclature)ġ) Hypoestes aristata (Vahl) Sol.
