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• the bellflower family, containing 84 genera and about 2,400 species of mostly herbaceous (nonwoody) plants, many with showy, blue, bell-like flowers.

Use for: Bellflower

• A genus within the family Campanulaceae. Consists of annual, perennial, and biennial herbs. Collectively and commonly known as Bellflowers. Bellflowers have characteristically bell-shaped, usually blue flowers, and many are cultivated as garden ornamentals.

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.

• A plant family. Members of Bromeliaceae are herbaceous evergreen perennials with simple spirally arranged leaves. Commonly known as the pineapple family.

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.

Use for: plant diseases, plant pathology, phytopathology

• a branch of botany concerned with the diseases of plants

• 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.]

Use for: Economic Botany

• a division of botany that deals with the utilization of plants

• a branch of biology dealing with plant life