phytogeographyn.
/ˌfʌɪtəʊdʒɪˈɒɡrəfi/, /ˌfʌɪtəʊˈdʒɒɡrəfi/, U.S. /ˈˌfaɪdoʊˌdʒiˈɑɡrəfi/ The branch of science concerned with the geographical distribution of plants. Also: the phytogeographic features of a region.
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the world > plants > botany > [noun] > specific branches or aspects of botany
phytognomy1643
topology1659
vegetable statics1691
cryptogamy1783
fossil botany1822
nomology1825
structural botany1835
phytochemistry1837
phytochimy1847
phytogeography1847
astrobotany1851
phytonomy1851
phytophysiology1854
palaeophytology1857
phytobiology1860
phytopathology1864
plant physiology1870
palaeobotany1872
plant geography1878
phytopalaeontology1879
plant pathology1891
ethnobotany1896
floristic1898
phyteconomy1898
phytoteratology1898
phytoecology1899
geobotany1904
phytosociology1917
archaeobotany1954
palaeoethnobotany1959
the world > the earth > earth sciences > geography > [noun] > biogeography > phytogeography
phytogeography1847
1847 H. C. Watson Cybele Britannica I. 2 This study has been variously denominated ‘Phyto-Geography’, ‘Botanical Geography’, ‘Geographical Botany’, and ‘Geographical Distribution of Plants’.
1896 J. Thomson Afr. Explorer xiv. 343 The phytogeography of Central Africa.
1933 Geogr. Jrnl. 81 462 A further problem remains, far more serious in the case of zoogeography than with phytogeography. Can the essentials be put..without assuming a knowledge of taxonomy beyond the reach of the average geographer?
1976 Conservation News Sept.–Oct. 3/1 The Library is one of the richest of its kind in the world, being particularly strong in plant taxonomy, phytogeography and related fields.
1985 Paleobiology 11 293 (title) Floral diversity, phytogeography, and climatic amelioration during the Early Carboniferous.
2002 Nat. Hist. (Nexis) 111 50 His observations on the distribution of vegetation were to form the basis of the science of phytogeography.
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