Outline of botany

The following outline is an overview of and topical guide to botany, the biological academic discipline involving the study of plants.

Core concepts

 * Bud
 * Cell wall
 * Chlorophyll
 * Chloroplast
 * Flora
 * Flower
 * Fruit
 * Forest
 * Leaf
 * Meristem
 * Photosynthesis
 * Plant
 * Plant cell
 * Pollen
 * Seed
 * Seedling
 * Spore
 * Tree
 * Vine
 * Wood

Subdisciplines
Branches of botany
 * Agronomy
 * Bryology (mosses and liverworts)
 * Dendrology (woody plants)
 * Ethnobotany
 * Lichenology (lichens)
 * Mycology (fungi)
 * Paleobotany
 * Palynology (spores and pollen)
 * Phycology (algae)
 * Phytosociology
 * Plant anatomy
 * Plant ecology
 * Plant evolution
 * Plant morphology
 * Plant pathology
 * Plant physiology
 * Plant taxonomy
 * Pteridology (ferns)

History

 * History of botany
 * History of plant systematics

Major plant groups

 * Algae
 * Cyanobacteria
 * Brown algae
 * Charophyta
 * Chlorophyta
 * Desmid
 * Diatom
 * Red algae
 * Green algae
 * Bryophytes
 * Anthocerotophyta (hornworts)
 * Bryophyta (mosses)
 * Marchantiophyta (liverworts)
 * Pteridophytes
 * Lycopodiophyta (club mosses)
 * Pteridophyta (ferns and horsetails)
 * Rhyniophyta (early plants)
 * Gymnosperms
 * Pteridospermatophyta (seed ferns)
 * Cycadophyta
 * Ginkgophyta
 * Gnetophyta
 * Pinophyta (conifers)
 * Angiosperms
 * Dicotyledon
 * Asteraceae (sunflowers)
 * Cactaceae (cacti)
 * Fabaceae (legumes)
 * Lamiaceae (mints)
 * Rosaceae (roses)
 * Monocotyledon
 * Araceae (aroids)
 * Arecaceae (palms)
 * Iridaceae (irises)
 * Orchidaceae (orchids)
 * Poaceae (grasses)

Lists

 * List of culinary fruits
 * List of edible seeds
 * List of culinary herbs and spices
 * List of culinary nuts
 * List of vegetables
 * List of woods

General species concepts

 * Plant taxonomy
 * Cultivated plant taxonomy
 * List of systems of plant taxonomy
 * Clades
 * Monophyletic
 * Polyphyletic
 * Speciation
 * Isolating mechanisms
 * Concept of species
 * Species problem

Notable botanists
In alphabetical order by surname:
 * Aristotle
 * Arthur Cronquist (angiosperm evolution)
 * Charles Darwin (formulated modern theory of evolution)
 * Carl Linnaeus (father of systematics)
 * Gregor Mendel (father of genetics)
 * John Ray
 * G. Ledyard Stebbins (angiosperm evolution)
 * Theophrastus (uses and classification)
 * Robert Thorne (angiosperm evolution)
 * Gilbert White
 * List of Russian botanists

Scholarly societies

 * American Society of Plant Biologists