Floristics

 ( Phytogeography ) 

Floristics is the study of plants of geographical regions. It is a branch of phytogeography, 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.

Floristics is essential to understanding floristic diversity across the world.

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Etymology The words "floristic" and "floristics" originate from the Latin word Flora, from (flower), and the prefix "", a word-forming suffix indicating a relation to or of.

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