Floristic Taxonomy

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This weekly seminar provides an overview of Vascular Plants. The seminar will cover several crown orders of the monocots, including grasses and relatives, and begin the Eudicots. Weekly presentations include a summary of all relevant information (molecular, chemical, anatomical, embryological, morphological, ecological, geographical, historical/paleontological, etc.) about the plant group under consideration, review of the classification/phylogeny of the group, examination of fresh and/or preserved specimens, and discussion of relationships, human uses, and other relevant aspects of the biology of that group.