Research in the Department of Botany focuses on plant systematics in the broadest sense: taxonomy, nomenclature, investigations in comparative anatomy and morphology, molecular systematics, cytology, palynology, phytogeography, ecology, evolutionary theory, and economic botany. Numerous floristic studies are under way, while other research projects are aimed at elucidating evolutionary development, phylogeny, and the broad questions of classification. Both modern and fossil species of many plant groups, including algae, mosses, lichens, ferns, and flowering plants, are currently being studied.
