3. Forensic Botany
– It incorporate a number of subdisciplines:
– Palynoology
– Dendrochology
– Limnology
– Systematics
– Ecology
– Molecular biology
Editor's Notes
Similar to dna and fingerprinting, plant material is often unique to certain plant species and ecological areas, thereby allowing a forensic botanist to identify the ecological and molecular restraints of various plant species and narrow down the possibilitites surrounding the who, where and when of the crime.
Forensic botany is a complex study, as it includes not only the study of plants, but their seeds, leaves, flower, spores, woods, fruits cells hairs and glandular hairs as well
