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Ethnobotany is the study of how plants and people interact. Plants contribute vital resources to communities and understanding their importance is the first step to preserving their diversity for future generations.
Plant awareness disparity is the idea that people tend to not notice or appreciate the plants in the environments around them. It can leads to perspectives that undermine the importance of plants in their respective ecosystems. The National Institute of Health states it has four different components: attitude (not liking plants), attention (not noticing plants), knowledge (not understanding the importance of plants), and relative interest (finding animals more interesting than plants).
Plants are generally classified into one of four main groups: bryophytes, pteridophytes, gymnosperms, and angiosperms
Bryophytes
Bryophytes
Non-vascular plants (have no roots). They absorb water and nutrient from the air through their leaves
Pteridophytes
Vascular plants that reproduce through spores (such as ferns). They may be homosporous or heterosporous.
Gymnosperms
Cone bearing plants that produce naked seeds. They possess separate male and female reproductive strobili.
Angiosperms
Flowering plants that bear their seeds in fruits. They are the largest and most diverse group of plants
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