Branches of Botany

Following are some of the most common branches of botany;

1. Plant Taxonomy: It focuses on the classification and naming of plants.
2. Plant Physiology: It focuses on the study of a plant’s internal mechanism.
3. Plant Anatomy: It focuses on studying the plant’s internal structure like tissues and cells. 
4. Plant Ecology: It focuses on the study of the relationship between a plant and its surroundings.
5. Plant Pathology: It deals with the study of microorganisms infesting plants and their causes.
6. Economic Botany: It focuses on the commercial use of plant studies.
7. Plant Genetics: It focuses on the study of genes, heredity, and genetic variation in plants.
8. Palynology: It focuses on the study of pollen and spores. 
9. Bryology: The field of botany that deals with the study of non-vascular plants.
10. Ethnobotany: The branch of botany that deals with the study of plant’s relationships with humans.
11. Phycology: It focuses on the study of algae. 

Botany is the branch of biology that deals with the study of plants. Botany helps us to understand plant structure, function, and aspects of plants. Botany is the study of the structure, development, reproduction, and growth of plants and plant-like organisms. The people who study botany are known as Botanists. The study of botany has its importance in many fields like Agriculture, Medicine, Horticulture, etc. Botany is further specialized into fields that deal with different aspects of plants such as Taxonomy, which is related to the classification of plants, Ecology which is all about how a plant interacts with its environment and so on.