Lecture Syllabus Text books in bookstore; lab manuals in lab
Laboratory Syllabus
Introduction
History of Systematic Botany
Plant Nomenclature
Principles of Plant Taxonomy
Sources of Taxonomic Evidence
Origin and Classification
Evolution, Variation and Biosystematics
Specimen Preparation and Herbaria
Methods of Identifying Vascular Plants
Floras and Systematic Botany Journals
Major World-Wide-Web and Internet Addresses
Selected families of Pteridophytes
Selected families of Gymnosperms
Selected families of AngiospermsSystems of Vascular Plant ClassificationMagnoliidae
Hamamalididae
Caryophyllidae
Dilleniidae
Rosidae
Asteridae
Alismatidae
Arecidae
Commelinidae
Zingiberidae
Liliidae
Plant Collection Requirements and EquipmentCronquist
Dahlgren
Reveal
Takhtajan
Thorne
Sample examination questions
Last revised: 8 Nov 1998