Welcome to the Plant Biology Literature Guide. 

This guide contains selected core reference and other literature finding aids for this subject area. 

Definitions:

Botany is the "branch of biological science which embraces the study of plants and plant life." ¹  more

Also see "The History of Plant Sciences" from the Encyclopedia of Life Sciences.  

References

1. Arthur Cronquist, "Botany", in AccessScience@McGraw-Hill, http://www.accessscience.com, DOI 10.1036/1097-8542.092200 (accessed November 15, 2010).