BIOL 449/ES 425
FLOWERING PLANT DIVERSITY
LECTURE OUTLINE
Course Instructor: G. A. Allen
Lab Instructor: Rande Kanne
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SPRING 2016
office: Cunningham 218b
office: Cunningham 210
Date
Lecture
Jan 5
Jan 6
Jan 8
Jan 12
Jan 13
Jan 15
Jan 19
Jan 20
Jan 22
Jan 26
Jan 27
Jan 29
Feb 2
Feb 3
Feb 5
Feb 8-12
Feb 16
Feb 17
Feb 19
Feb 23
Feb 24
Feb 26
Mar 1
Mar 2
Mar 4
Mar 8
Mar 9
Mar 11
Mar 15
Mar 16
Mar 18
Mar 22
Mar 23
Mar 29
Mar 30
Apr 1
An introduction to flowering plants
Angiosperm structure and variation: Flowers I
Flowers II
Inflorescences; plant tissues
Vegetative structures I
Vegetative structures II
Angiosperm classifications: a brief history
Nomenclature, ID and herbaria
Defining and describing species
Modern methods of classification
Plant DNA and molecular variation
Molecular systematics
Angiosperm groups: overview and basal (ANITA) lineages
Magnoliids
Monocots I
READING BREAK
Monocots II
Monocots III
MIDTERM EXAM
Basal Eudicots
Rosids I
Rosids II
Rosids III
Caryophyllales
Asterids I
Asterids II
Asterids III
Patterns of plant reproduction; hybridization
Flowering plant embryology
Plant chromosomes and polyploidy
Adaptations for pollination
Plant chemical diversity
Plant biogeography I
Plant biogeogeography II
Plant conservation
Review
LABORATORY
The labs will introduce you to flowering plant diversity (variation in flowers and vegetative
structures), the use of keys, and many plant families of this region.
PROJECTS
In addition to regular labs, you will be assigned two field-based lab projects:
1. A collection of 10 correctly pressed and identified plant specimens.
2. An illustrated journal of flowering plant observations.
More information will be available in the first lab, and on the course website.
TEXTS
Lecture:
W. S. Judd et al. 2016. Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach, 4th ed.(optional).
Lab:
C. L. Hitchcock and A. Cronquist. 1973. Flora of the Pacific Northwest (recommended).
J. G. Harris and M. W. Harris. 1994. Plant Identification Terminology (optional).
Copies of other regional floras will be available for reference in the lab.
GRADING
Lecture:
Midterm Exam
Final Exam
Lab:
Quizzes
Final Lab Exam
Lab Projects 1 & 2
20%
30%
15%
15%
each 10%
50%
50%
Letter Grade Scale:
A+
A
AB+
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BC+
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F
> 90.0%
85.0-89.9%
80.0-84.9%
77.0-79.9%
73.0-76.9%
70.0-72.9%
65.0-69.9%
60.0-64.9%
50.0-59.9%
< 50.0%
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