Batani, aalso kaal plaant sayans, plaant bailoji ar faitalaji, a di sayans a plaant laif an wah branch a bailoji. Batanis ar plaant sayantis a sayantis uu speshalaiz ina dis fiil. Di toerm ""batani"" koh frah di Ienshent Griik wod βοτάνη (botanē) miinin ""paascha"", ""graas"", ar ""fada""; βοτάνη iself diraiv frah βόσκειν (boskein), ""fi fiid"" ar ""fi griez"". Chadishanali, batani aalso ingkluud di todi a jonjo ah alji bai maikalajis ah faikalajis rispektivli, wid di todi a demaya chrii gruup a aaganizim lef widin di sfier a inchres a di Intanashinal Batanikal Kanggres. Nowadiez, batanis todi apraximetli 400,000 spiishiz a libm aaganizim outa we soh 260,000 spiishiz a vaskiula plaant ah bout 248,000 a blazamin plaant.