Learning about the shapes and structures of plants helps us understand what they look like, how they're put together and how they grow and develop - above and below the ground.
Shapes and structures of plants have two aspects:
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General resources
WIKIPEDIA
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Articles about plant morphology and botanical art
Botanical Artists - approaches to plant morphology
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Plant Form: An Illustrated Guide to Flowering Plant Morphology
- by Adrian D. Bell - Line Drawings by Alan Bryan
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Hard cover: 444 pages Publisher: Timber Press; New Edition edition (15 July 2008) Average Customer Rating out of 5 stars:
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Handbook of Plant Forms for Botanical Artists
By Margaret Stevens (Author), Ernest E. Clark (Author)
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Hardcover: 224 pages Publisher: Batsford Ltd; Reprint edition (22 April 2013) Average Customer Rating out of 5 stars:
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Handbook of Plant Forms for Botanical Artists
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Plant anatomy is the study of internal structures - the study of plant tissues and plant cells. The more scientific botanical illustrations focus on anatomy of tissue and cells as well as on the external appearance
Plant anatomy became established and refined into a modern science during the 1600s - and developed over time since that date. |
The following links are to explanations on Wikipedia
Flower anatomyStem anatomyFruit/Seed anatomyWood anatomyRoot anatomy REFERENCE:
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A Triplet Loupe
for use in the field when examining plants. Recommended by BBC Wildlife Magazine. It's constructed from metal, has a hole for a lanyard and delivers 10x magnification. The lens has a focal distance 28 mm, 21 mm viewing field and 17mm linear field of view |
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The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms
by Michael Hickey (Author), Clive King (Author)
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Paperback: 222 pages Publisher: Cambridge University Press Publication date: 16 Nov. 2000 Rated an average of 4.9 out of 5 stars by 15 customer reviews (UK) BUY IN UK The Cambridge Illustrated Glossary of Botanical Terms
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First, a really simple and accessible video (with good pics!) about the major plant structures of flowing plants - introduced by Paul Andersen. It includes:
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This video is useful at the beginning and thereafter probably gets a tad too biological for most artists.
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BELOW - this video might be the fastest explanation anywhere of plant anatomy - using all the correct technical words and terms!
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This video explains how the RHS Database for identifying plants works
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Santos Museum of Economic Botany at Adelaide Botanic Garden
The Santos Museum of Economic Botany is one of the last of its kind in the world. It:
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Economic botany, simply put, is the study of plants through the perspective of their practical use for humankind. |
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