Floristics
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Floristics is the study of plants of geographical regions. It is a branch of phytogeography,[1] which technically makes it a branch of botany, geography, and a subbranch of biogeography. Harvard University has a history of research with early contributions. For example, Asa Gray was a Harvard researcher who studied the plants of North America and its connections to Asia.[2]
Etymology
[edit | edit source]The words "floristic" and "floristics" originate from the Latin word Flora, from flos (flower), and the prefix "-istic", a word-forming suffix indicating a relation to or of.[3]
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