Concepts of Plant Anatomy (Book with DVD)

Plant anatomy is the study of plant tissues and cells in order to learn more about the way these organisms are constructed and how they work. These studies are very important because they lead to a better understanding of how to care for plants and  ght plant diseases. Plant anatomy is also known as phytotomy. A plant is a complex structure that consists of a number of parts which constitute the whole plant. If you learn to identify each individual part, you will gain a much greater understanding as to how the plant works as a whole. This can be helpful to aromatherapists who need to be aware of the part of the plant an essential oil was derived from because there is often a connection between the oils location in a plant and its therapeutic action. Understanding plant anatomy also helps everyone appreciate the art of distillation and extraction. While originally it included plant morphology, which is the description of the physical form and external structure of plants, since the mid-20th century the investigations of plant anatomy are considered a separate, distinct  eld, and plant anatomy refers to just the internal plant structures. Plant anatomy is now frequently investigated at the cellular level, and often involves the sectioning of tissues and microscopy.