Botani nyaéta panalungtikan ilmiah ngeunaan kahirupan tutuwuhan. Minangka cabang biologi, botani disebut ogé minangka élmu tutuwuhan atawa biologi tutuwuhan. Botani ngawengku ambahan nu lega dina widang disiplin élmu nu ngalakukeun panalungtikan ngeunaan struktur, tuwuhna, réproduksi, métabolisme, kamekaran, panyakit, ékologi, jeung évolusitutuwuhan
Saperti wangun kahirupan séjénna dina biologi, kahirupan tutuwuhan bisa ditalungtik tina jihat anu béda, ti kalungguhan molékular, génetik jeung biokimia ngaliwatan organél, sél, jaringan, anggota badan, individu, populasi tutuwuhan, jeung komunitas tutuwuhan. Dina masing-masing kalungguhan ieu, para ahli botani pakutet jeung papasingan (klasifikasi) (taksonomi), struktur (anatomi), atawa fungsi (fisiologi) kahirupan tutuwuhan.
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