Botany

Botany
Seventh Edition
James D. Mauseth
© 2021



Contents

I. Welcome to Botany

1. Introduction to Plants and Botany
2. Overview of Plant Life
3. Ethnobotany: Plants and People

II. Plant Structure

4. Cell Structure
5. Growth and Division of Cells
6. Tissues and the Primary Growth of Stems
7. Leaves
8. Roots
9. Structure of Woody Plants
10. Flowers and Reproduction

III. Plant Physiology and Development

11. Energy Metabolism: Photosynthesis
12. Energy Metabolism: Respiration
13. Transport Processes
14. Soils and Mineral Nutrition
15. Development and Morphogenesis
16. Genes and the Genetic Basis of Metabolism and Development

IV. Genetics and Evolution

17. Genetics
18. Population Genetics and Evolution
19. Classification and Systematics
20. Algae and the Origin of Eukaryotic Cells
21. Nonvascular Plants: Mosses, Liverworts, and Hornworts
22. Vascular Plants Without Seeds
23. Seed Plants I: Seed Plants Without Flowers (“Gymnosperms”)
24. Seed Plants II: Angiosperms

V. Ecology

25. Populations and Ecosystems
26. Community Ecology
27. Biomes