Difference between wood of Gymnosperms and Dicots (Soft Wood vs Hard Wood)
Being a biologist, we can never underestimate the powers of the vascular cambium. It is a type of lateral meristem. A large amount of secondary xylem is produced by the...
Category: Botany
Merits and Demerits of Takhtajan’s Classification
Armen Takhtajan significantly contributed to the field of taxonomy by proposing a phylogenetic classification system. He was a Russian taxonomist who worked at the Komarov Botanical Institute in Leningrad which...
Mushroom farming in India
Mushrooms have always fascinated humans since prehistoric times. People found it interesting, a beautiful young bud beautifying this earth by its presence. Mushrooms are fleshy and particularly rich in protein,...
Mushroom Leather – Sustainably fashionable
Animals have been used in leather production since the first leather tanners got hold of their skins. Today, most leather comes from cows. Cattle are raised on ranches, often in...
Merits and Demerits of Bentham and Hooker classification
Two English botanists, Bentham and Hooker gave the most well-known natural system of classification for seed plants. Their classification was published in 3 volume work Genera Plantarum (1862-83). In this...
Difference between Heliophytes and Sciophytes
Ever wondered if plants can also be divided into sun-loving and shade-loving? Well, yes just like humans have likes and dislikes based on their priorities to grow in life, so...
Difference between Indented Key and Bracketed Key
Hola Taxonomists! Let’s get to know taxonomic keys better! Rapid identification of unknown plants is possible with the help of specialised tools called taxonomic keys. Significant taxonomic literature like flora,...
Plant Hormones: Gibberellins and Abscisic acid
Just as the human body uses hormones to regulate numerous processes throughout the body, the same is true for the plant body. Plant hormones are chemicals that play a key...
Types of tea based on processing
Ever wondered how many types of tea exist? Let’s find out! It is rightly said, “Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings”. Tea...
Cycas- Overview, Habit, Morphology and Anatomy
Cycas belongs to cycads. About 300 million years ago, cycads appeared in the Carboniferous period. Due to the significant evolutionary position between ferns and angiosperms, Cycads have some incredible unique...
