Botany covers all aspects of the life of plants. It includes their structure and development, physiology and biochemistry, health and disease, relationships with other organisms and the environment (ecology), as well as the traditional aspects of plant identification and classification. The main emphasis at Otago is on the general biology, ecology and physiology of higher plants, marine algae, fungi and viruses, although other groups (conifers, ferns and mosses) are also included in the courses.

Also check out:
Division of Sciences
New Zealand Teachers' Science Helpline
New Zealand Seaweed Database
Otago University Herbarium (OTA)
Botanical Society of Otago

Botany Department
464 Great King Street
PO Box 56, Dunedin, New Zealand
Tel 64 3 479 7577, Fax 64 3 479 7583
Email botany-dept@otago.ac.nz