Botany
Botany is the scientific study of plantlife. As a branch of biology, it is also sometimes referred to as plant science(s) or plant biology. Botany covers a wide range of scientific disciplines that study the structure, growth, reproduction, metabolism, development, diseases, ecology, and evolution of plants.
As with other life forms in biology, plant life can be studied from different perspectives, from the molecular, genetic and biochemical level through organelles, cells, tissues, organs, individuals, plant populations, and communities of plants. At each of these levels a botanist might be concerned with the classification (taxonomy), structure (anatomy), or function (physiology) of plant life.
Historically, botany covers all organisms that were not considered to be animals. Some of these "plant-like" organisms include fungi (studied in mycology), bacteria and viruses (studied in microbiology), and algae (studied in phycology). Most algae, fungi, and microbes are no longer considered to be in the plant kingdom. However, attention is still given to them by botanists, and bacteria, fungi, and algae are usually covered in introductory botany courses.
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A-Z Plants
List of all psychoactive, medicinal and other plants benificial to man.
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A-Z Preparations
List of all psychoactive, medicinal and other preparations of plants benificial to man.
A-Z Plants
Mycology is the study of fungi, their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy, and their use to humans as a source for medicinals (see penicillin) and food (beer, wine, cheese, edible mushrooms), as well as their dangers, such as poisoning or infection.
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Entheobotany
Entheobotany is the study of entheogens. Entheogen is broken down into three words. EN which means in or within, THEO which means god, and gen which is where the word generate comes from so the word entheogen basically means god generated from within.
Ethnobotany
Ethnobotany is the study of the relationship between plants and people. Ethnobotanists study the plants used by traditional cultures to a achieve profound states of consciousness.
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Categories
Mycology
Mycology (from the Greek mykes, meaning "fungus") is the study of fungi, their genetic and biochemical properties, their taxonomy, and their use to hu...
Ethnobotany
Ethnobotany is the study of the relationship between plants and people: From"ethno" - study of people and "botany" - study of plants. Ethnobotany is c...
Entheobotany
Entheobotany is the study of entheogens. Entheogen is broken down into three words. EN which means in or within, THEO which means god, and gen which i...
Articles
Ethnobotany
The Things to Be Known in Ethnobotanicals
Ethnobotanicals play an increasingly important role in day to day life. These are plants that have some heavy relationship to humans. The plants are cropped by the Mazatec Indians in Mexico and then shipped in right to us. They like high-humidity and it's a good idea to mist them a pair times a day for the first couple weeks you get them. You can gradually start to acclimate with them to your home environment. Those plants are simple to grow as a house plant. They perform nicely in a sunny window. Just make sure the soil stays damp.
General Info
Pronunciation Guide for Botanical Nomenclature
Botanical nomenclature is a language in itself, thrown into a Latin form.
Many names are not pronounced according to the rules of classical Latin.
Entheobotany II by Reverend Damuzi
We would learn a hallucinogenic cure for tuberculosis and how getting high will save the world. We would discover that certain African tribes secretly use cannabis as a sacrament, and that South American shamans once stuck gourds up their asses to get high.
External Links
• Rain Tree - Tropical Plant Database - Raintree is dedicated to providing accurate and factual information on the important plants of the Amazon Rainforest, therefore this section of the Raintree web site is the most extensive. This Tropical Plant Database is continuously under construction as we continue to add more rainforest plants which are under research and update the information on the plants in the database.
• The Corroboree - Forums on ethnobotany, ethnopharmacology and shamanism.
• Spiritplants Refuge - Forum on ethnobotany.
• CIEER - Centre For International Ethnomedicinal Education and Research - Centre for international ethnomedicinal education and research.
• Ethnovetweb - This website is about ethnoveterinary medicine, or how people around the world keep their animals healthy and productive, and how development can build on this information.
• GA - Society for Medicinal Plant Research - Society for medicinal plant research.
"I have never met a man so ignorant that I couldn't learn something from him."
- Galileo Galilei