Biology 211
Flowering Plant Taxonomy
Fall 1999 Lecture and Laboratory Schedule
DATE |
LECTURE AND LAB TOPIC |
READING |
|
| Sept. | 8 |
Introduction | Chap 1 (scan 2-3, App. II) |
8-9 |
LAB: Review of Plant Morphology, Plant Collecting Techniques, Introduction to Terminology; Family Recognition | Chap 4-5 | |
10 |
Review of Vascular Plant Morphology and Life Cycles | Pages 54-58, 82,85-86, 128-132 | |
11 |
SATURDAY (Sunday option?) FIELD TRIP - meet at noon, return by 5pm | ||
13 |
Philosophical Bases of Taxonomy and the History of Plant Classification | Chap 11 | |
15 |
Subclasses of Flowering Plants: Class Magnoliopsida (Docots) | Pages 137, 158, 171, 183, 232, 300-301 | |
15-16 |
LAB: Use of Keys, Identification, and Student Collections; Family Recognition | ||
17 |
Subclasses of Flowering Plants: Class Magnoliopsida (Docots) Continued | Pages 137, 158, 171, 183, 232, 300-301 | |
18 |
SATURDAY (Sunday option?) FIELD TRIP - meet at 9am, return by 4pm | ||
20 |
Subclasses of Flowering Plants: Class Liliopsida (Monocots) | Pages 337, 347, 353, 364, 372 | |
22 |
Taxonomic Characters; Morphological and Anatomical Characters | Chap 13 (p. 436-446) | |
22-23 |
LAB: Local Field Trip, Family Recognition, Identification, and Student Collections | ||
24 |
Chemical and Physiological Characters | Chap 13 (p. 446-456) | |
25 |
Scanning Electron Microscope orientation and use in pollen studies (Tentative special session) | ||
27 |
Palynological and Embryological Characters | Chap 13 (p. 456-460) | |
29 |
Cytological and Cytogenetic Characters | Chap 13 (p. 460-466) | |
29-30 |
LAB: Family Recognition, Identification, and Student Collections. | ||
| Oct. | 1 |
EXAMINATION (Through Sept. 29 Lecture) | |
4 |
Traditional Approaches to Classification | ||
6 |
Numerical Phenetics - Classification by Overall Similarity | ||
6-7 |
LAB: Family Recognition, Identification, and Student Collections. | ||
8 |
Numerical Phenetics (continued) | ||
11 |
FALL BREAK | ||
13 |
Examples of Phenetic Classification; Problems with This Approach | ||
13-14 |
LAB: Numerical Techniques - Phenetics; Student Collections and Family Recognition | ||
15 |
Cladistics - Reconstructing Evolutionary History | ||
18 |
Cladistics (continued) | ||
20 |
Examples of Cladistic Classifications; Problems with This Approach | ||
20-21 |
LAB: Numerical Techniques - Cladistics; Student Collections and Family Recognition | ||
22 |
Paleontology, Phylogeny, and the Origin of Flowering Plants | Chap 12 | |
25 |
EXAMINATION (Through Oct. 22 Lecture) | ||
27 |
Patterns of Phenetic Variability and Population Biology - Guest Lecture | ||
27-28 |
LAB: Student Collections and Family Identification | ||
29 |
Patterns of Phenetic Variability and Population Biology (Continued) - Guest Lecture | ||
| Nov. | 1 |
Speciation and the Species Definition Problem | |
3 |
Speciation and the Species Definition Problem (continued) | ||
3-4 |
LAB: Herbarium Technique: Specimen Mounting and Labeling; Family Recognition and Student Collections | ||
5 |
Polyploidy and Hybridization, Introgression | ||
8 |
Polyploidy and Hybridization, Introgression (continued) | ||
10 |
Infraspecific Taxa | ||
10-11 |
LAB: Practice family recognition exam; Student collections | ||
12 |
Examples of Species Delimitation | ||
15 |
Genera and Families - Discussion | ||
17 |
Flora and Floristic Analyses; Biogeography | ||
17-18 |
LAB: PLANT COLLECTION DUE | ||
19 |
Flora and Floristic Analyses; Biogeography (continued) | ||
22 |
Flora and Floristic Analyses; Biogeography (continued) | ||
24 |
THANKSGIVING RECESS | ||
25 |
THANKSGIVING RECESS | ||
26 |
THANKSGIVING RECESS | ||
29 |
The International Code of Botanical Nomenclature and its application | Chap 2 | |
| Dec. | 1 |
Nomenclature (continued) | |
1-2 |
LAB: Practice family recognition exam | ||
3 |
Nomenclature (continued) | ||
6 |
Nomenclature Problems | ||
8 |
Taxonomy and Nomenclature in the Future - Possible Changes Ahead in Taxonomy | ||
8-9 |
LAB: FAMILY RECOGNITION EXAMINATION | ||
10 |
Review | ||
Final Exam: Exam group 2