What is Botany?

Botany is basically the study of plants. Zoology and Botany are two different terms. Here in Botany we learn plant sciences. Let's have a look on definition and characteristics of plants.

Definition

Plants are multicellular organism that make their own food with the help of photosynthesis. It belongs to Kingdom Plantea. There are almost three lack species of plants found. For example, trees, grass, shrubs, and many more. Plants have a significant function on the planet's biological systems. They produce the greater part of the world's oxygen, and are significant in the natural pecking order, the same number of life forms eat plants or eat creatures which eat plants.

Characteristics

• plants make their own food with the help of photosynthesis.
• they are the primary producers in the ecosystem.
• as discussed above plants are multicelluar organisms.
• they have a eukaryotic cell.
• we cannot survive without plants as they are the major source of oxygen.
• Plants have a vascular tissues like as xylem and phloem.

Types of Plants

Charophytes

Bryophytes

Seedless Vascular Plants

Gymnosperms

Angiosperms