Botánica, ¿qué hay en un nombre?

Juan José Guiamet

doi:10.24215/25456377e116

Authors

Juan José Guiamet Instituto de Fisiología Vegetal (Universidad Nacional de La Plata ? CONICET)

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24215/25456377e116

Keywords:

Botany, Plant Biology, Cell and Molecular Biology,

Abstract

The recent emergence of new biological disciplines, e.g., Molecular Biology, has created tensions with previously established fields of biological inquiry. Regarding plants as subject matter, the term Plant Biology is increasingly being used instead of Botany, and this brings new levels of organization into focus. In this article I intend to give a few relevant examples of the knowledge provided by the addition of cell and molecular biology approaches to the study of plants, and I will advocate for a deeper integration of plant studies at different levels of organization.

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