Botany is the scientific study of plants and fungi. Scientists in the Department of Botany at The Field Museum are interested in learning why there are so many different plants and fungi in the world, how this diversity is distributed across the globe and how best to classify it, and what important roles these organisms play in the environment and in human cultures. Timothy C. Plowman Latin American Research Award The Botany Department at The Field Museum invites applications for the year 2006 Timothy C. Plowman Latin American Research Award. The award of $2,000.00 is designed to assist students and young professionals to visit the Field Museum and use our extensive economic botany and systematic collections. More information... Premio de investigación Latinoamericano Timothy C. Plowman Forest Regeneration in Tanzania Join scientists working to conserve the amazing biodiversity of an area often described as the "Galapagos Islands of Africa." Enter Africa's Eastern Arc Mountains.   Agaricales of Costa Rican Quercus Forests Andean Botanical Information System (ABIS) Atlas of Seed Plants of Cúc Phuong National Park Botany Collection Database Flora Mesoamericana Project Electronic Image Management Forest Regeneration in Tanzania Macrofungi of China and Eastern North America Mushroom Genus Laccaria in North America NAMA Voucher Collection Project Natural Products Initiative Neotropical Erythroxylum Northern Illinois and Indiana Fungi NSF-PEET Phylogeny, Character Evolution, and Diversification of Extant Ferns Tropical Plant Guides Singer Index Tree of Life (Filicopsida) VPlants Myconet