BIOL 4601 - Plant Taxonomy and Systematics

4 hours

Prerequisites: BIOL 1107, BIOL 1108. This course is designed for students seeking careers (as field biologists or research scientists) that require the knowledge necessary to identify seed plants. The lectures will present all of the major temperate families and some tropical families in a phylogenetic context (using cladistic methodologies) as well as special topics including origins of major groups, higher level classification, species concepts, speciation, breeding systems, polyploidy, and biogeography. Three one-hour lectures and one three-hour lab required per week.