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Organography (from Greek , organo, "organ"; and , -graphy) is the scientific description of the structure and function of the organs of living things.

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Organography (from Greek , organo, "organ"; and , -graphy) is the scientific description of the structure and function of the organs of living things.

==History== Organography as a scientific study starts with Aristotle, who considered the parts of plants as "organs" and began to consider the relationship between different organs and different functions. In the 17th century Joachim Jung, clearly articulated that plants are composed of different organ types such as root, stem and leaf, and he went on to define these organ types on the basis of form and position.

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