BIOL 325
Plant Systematics (Fall 2012)
Syllabus, Lab Supplement
Floristic Inventory Project:
Due F, Nov 2 by 1 pm. Instructions are in lab supplement to syllabus.
Exam 1 Topics:
Topic 01 - Introduction to Plant Systematics (outline; powerpoint)
Topic 02 - The Code (outline; powerpoint; Jones & Luchsinger 1986)
Topic 03 - Plant Taxa Overview (outline; powerpoint 1 (through gymnosperms))
Exam 2 Topics:
Topic 03 - Plant Taxa Overview (outline; powerpoint 2 (angiosperms))
Topic 04 - History of Plant Systematics (outline; powerpoint)
Topic 05 - Cladistics, parts I and II (outline; powerpoint for parts I and II, tutorials 1 and 2)
Exam 3 Topics:
Topic 05 continued - Cladistics, part III (outline; powerpoint for part III)
Topic 06 - Molecular Systematics & Ethnobotany Case Study (outline; powerpoint; Zerega et al. 2005)
Topic 07 - The PA Flora from a Macroevolutionary & Physiogeographical Perspective (outline; powerpoint)
Labs:
Lab 01 (31 Aug) - Introduction
Lab 02 (07 Sep) - Nymphaeids & Magnoliids
Lab 03 (14 Sep) - Ranunculids, Proteids, Caryophyllids
Lab 04 (21 Sep) - Asterids, 1
Lab 05 (28 Sep) - Asterids, 2
Lab 06 (05 Oct) - Rosids, 1
Lab 07 (12 Oct) - Rosids, 2
Lab 08 (19 Oct) - Herbarium Specimen Mounting
Lab 09 (26 Oct) - Asterids 3, Rosids 3, Monocots 1
Lab 10 (02 Nov) - Monocots 2 (graminoid monocots)
Lab 11 (09 Nov) - Monocots 3, and Pteridophyrtes part 1
Lab 12 (16 Nov) - Pteridophyrtes part 2, and Gymnosperms part 1
Lab 13 (30 Nov) - Gymnosperms part 2
Lab 14 (07 Dec) - Lab Final Practical
Useful Links:
1. James C. Parks Herbarium (Millersville University)
2. Distribution Records and Information on Pennsylvanian Plants @ WikiPlantAtlas.org
3. Plant images at PlantSystematics.org