- Plant Diversity with Lab

Catalog description

A lecture and laboratory course that emphasizes both morphology and molecular data to explain the diversity of botanical organisms throughout the different environments of our world, and to explain how this life has evolved over time. Topics covered will include taxonomic philosophy, the processes of classification, the species concepts, past and present day systematists, data collection and analysis, pollination biology, floristic terminology, origin and evolution of the angiosperms, nomenclature and typification, and additional topics that may enhance course content. Evolutionary trends in floristic morphology will be used to examine family relationships in the angiosperms.