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Subjects term Scope note Archival description count People & Organisations count
botanical art
  • Artwork is always scientifically and botanically correct but not necessarily complete. More emphasis is placed on the aesthetic value of the plant or flower but without the requirement for ALL the information required by the botanists.
  • Artwork is frequently in colour (on a plain background). It may also include a record of the plant growing in its natural habitat. Botanical art may form part of a project and contribute to a flora - records made of plants in a geographical location or garden.
 1 0
Botany (7)
  • a branch of biology dealing with plant life
 6 2
Botany, Economic (3)

Use for: Economic Botany

  • a division of botany that deals with the utilization of plants
 1 0
Botany, Medical
  • Here are entered works on the discipline of medical botany. Works on the description and/or the cultivation of medicinal plants are entered under [Medicinal plants.]
 0 0
Botany, Pathology (1)

Use for: plant diseases, plant pathology, phytopathology

  • a branch of botany concerned with the diseases of plants
 2 0
Botany, Plant Collecting

Use for: plant hunting

  • The acquisition of plant specimens for the purposes of research, cultivation, or as a hobby. Plant specimens may be kept alive, but are more commonly dried and pressed to preserve the quality of the specimen.
 26 1
bridges
  • structure that spans horizontally between supports, whose function is to carry vertical loads.
  • a structure carrying a pathway or roadway over a depression or obstacle (such as a river)
 0 0
Bromeliaceae
  • A plant family. Members of Bromeliaceae are herbaceous evergreen perennials with simple spirally arranged leaves. Commonly known as the pineapple family.
 1 0
Bryophytes

Use for: mosses, liverworts, hornworts

  • traditional name for any nonvascular seedless plant—namely, any of the mosses (division Bryophyta), hornworts (division Anthocerotophyta), and liverworts (division Marchantiophyta). Most bryophytes lack complex tissue organization, yet they show considerable diversity in form and ecology. They are widely distributed throughout the world and are relatively small compared with most seed-bearing plants.
 1 0
buildings
  • Here are entered works on the process of construction. General works on structures or edifices are entered under [Buildings.] Works on the design and style of structures are entered under [Architecture.]
 0 0