BIOL 334

Plant Biology

Spring 2008

Course Schedule

Week
Dates
Topic
1
3/31 - 4/4
Introduction; taxonomic ranks; classification of plant kingdoms; vegetative terminology
2
4/7 - 4/11
Rules of nomenclature and binomial names; history of taxonomy; vegetative terminology
3
4/14 - 4/18
Reproductive and fruit terminology; use of keys
4
4/21 - 4/25

Characteristics of monocots and dicots; characteristics of ancestral plants; phylocode
Lecture Exam I

5
4/28 - 5/2
Angiosperm family characteristics
6
5/5 - 5/9
Angiosperm family characteristics
7
5/12 - 5/16
Angiosperm family characteristics
8
5/19 - 5/23
Angiosperm family characteristics
9
5/26 - 5/30

Lecture Exam II

10
6/2 - 6/6
Lab final exam Tuesday, June 3, journals due Thursday, June 5
11
6/10
Scheduled final exam time, Tuesday, June 10, 1:00 PM - 3:00 PM; pick up journals

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