Botany

E) about how he was going to study with a great scholar named “Heribrand, a highly cultured and scholarly man.” Richer stated that he had learned “symptoms of diseases and picked up a surface knowledge of ailments” and was to learn “pharmaceutics, botany, and surgery.” In Document F, Wikipedia states that many places of knowledge had emerged and a new system of education was introduced that would be “eventually replacing the monastery and church schools.” Wikipedia tells about…

The “father” of science is the Greek philosopher Aristotle. He lived during 300 BC and collected information about plants. One of his students Theophrastus classified and named these plants. He was known as the father of botany. Botany is very important because the food that animals and people eat comes from plants. Without Theophrastus and Aristotle, we would’ve never known about how these plants help our bodies, or what the names of them…

Introduction José Celestino Mutis (1732-1808) is mostly known for his work as Director of the Royal Botanical Expedition to the New Kingdom of Granada. Established in 1783, the Botanical Expedition had the purpose of carrying out a complete natural history of Spain’s «equinoctial» territories in America. Thereby, Mutis led the project of gathering a vast collection of flora and fauna specimens, and of illustrating them, for both theoretical and practical purposes. Likewise, the Botanical…

These Brassica rapa plants develop remarkably quickly, flowering between thirteen and eighteen days after being planted. These plants are relatively small but need a continuous amount of water and cool white fluorescent lighting. Students in the botany lab were told to conduct experiments and to conduct research using the Brassica rapa. The purpose of the experiment was to examine step by step the life cycle of the “Fast Plant” Brassica rapa. Other purposes for the experiment included fully…

USA 101: 11040–11045. Kay KM, Reeves PA, Olmstead RG, Schemske DW. 2005. Rapid speciation and the evolution of hummingbird pollination in neotropical Costus subgenus Costus (Costaceae): evidence from nrDNA ITS and ETS sequences. American Journal of Botany 92: 1899–1910. Olesen J.M., Valido, A. ( 2003). Lizards as pollinators and seed dispersers: an island phenomenon. Trends in Ecology and Evolution, 18(4): 177-181. Sazima, M., Buzato, S., and Sazima, I. (1999).Bat- pollinated flower…

One of Emily Dickinson’s most well-known poems begins, “I’m Nobody! Who are you?” In her lifetime, Dickinson may indeed have been “Nobody.” Her accomplishments were barely known by her family, never mind the rest of the country, until after her death. Today, however, we know how truly impressive and worthy of fame Dickinson is. From her birth on December 10th, 1830, to her death on May 15th, 1886, Dickinson grew like one of the flowers from her beloved garden and developed into one of America’s…

formal education because he was a “bastard child,” once his father discovered his great talent he sent him to Verrocchio’s workshop in Florence. Leonardo would often spend time with scholars to get answers and understanding in mathematics, astronomy, botany and anatomy. This knowledge helped him achieve what he hoped to depict in his work; painting as the eye sees it (Balch &…

When the one thousand British soldiers and convicts invaded Botany Bay in 1788, it was believed that there was an estimated six hundred different groups or ‘nations’ with distinctive cultures and beliefs around the continent. None of the British soldiers or convicts announced their arrival or told the Indigenous people their intentions with the land. This therefore caused great changes onto Aboriginal societies as many groups were taken away from their land. The first recorded use of Aboriginal…

ground nesting birds would be stung to death by Swans of invasive ants cost of controlling the ants could cost billions annually. The New South Wales Department of Primary Industries reported that samples of the fire ants were taken from the Port Botany site. Genetic tests were undertaken by the Queensland Department of Agriculture Fisheries and Forestry the tests confirmed that it is indeed the red introduced fire ant. But is not related to any incursions found in Queensland. Being found at a…

man on Mars. The book is about astronaut Mark Watney who is abandoned by his crew due to a storm causing the crew to evacuate. Since he was injured at the time of the storm, the crew assumed he had died because of the injury. Using his knowledge of botany and engineering, he tries to survive on the harsh climate of Mars, knowing that the entire world thinks he is dead. Eventually he gains contact with NASA, but realizes no matter what, he has to find a way to survive. Watney realizes he must…