Botany Department

Welcome to the CGU Botany Department. In conjunction with the Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden, Claremont Graduate University offers master's and doctoral degrees in botany emphasizing systematics and evolution of higher plants.  Subfields include monographic and revisionary studies, cytotaxonomy, molecular systematics, phylogenetics, plant anatomy and comparative morphology, ecology, plant geography, and reproductive biology.

The relatively small size of the Botany Department (approximately one dozen students) combined with CGU's focus on post-baccalaureate degrees make the program ideal for graduate study. In the prospective student's track of our website, you'll find everything you need regarding admission to CGU, and in the following pages, you'll find more detailed information about the Botany Department itself, including its faculty and other resources.

For more information, please feel free to contact us via e-mail at botany@cgu.edu.

Affiliated Institute: Rancho Santa Ana Botanic Garden