SYSTEMATIC BOTANY

Single discipline educational activity

Course Sheet

Academic Year of enrolment:

2013/2014

Type of Course:

Characterising

Optional/Mandatory:

Compulsory

Degree:

Bachelor's Degree Programme in NATURAL SCIENCES

Disciplinary Sector:

Systematic Botanics

Credits:

Programme Year:

Professor and Collaborators:

FARRIS Emmanuele

Hours of classroom activity:

Prerequisites:

Basic knowledge of Natural Sciences, especially biological disciplines (i.e. Botany).

AF code:

40000592

Assessment Methods

Verification of learning:

The final exam will include an identification test of herbarium specimens of the studied taxa (samples avaliable to students in the teaching room) and an oral and/or written exam on the specific contents of the course.

Teaching period

First semester

Objectives

The course is intended to give basic elements of plant systematics and to allow students to understand the origin and the main processes of plant phylogeny even through the discussion of specific case studies of taxonomic groups.
Students will acquire specific knowledge of the plant biology and biodiversity in coherence with the formative objective on diversity, and they will acquire the capacity to choose instruments and methods to detect structural diversity.

Contents

ALGAE. Generalities, thallus organization, main evolution lines, life cycles and reproduction.
FUNGI. Main characteristics of the terrestrial fungi and their relations to plants (mycorrhizae).
LICHENES. Main characteristics, morphology and ecology.
BRYOPHYTES. Generalities, evolution, morphology, reproduction, life cycle.
PTERIDOPHYTES. Generalities, evolution, morphology, reproduction, life cycles.
SPERMATOPHYTES. Ovule and seed. Main characteristics, morphology, reproduction, evolution and life cycles of Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. Angiosperms taxonomy. Study cases from Sardinian and Mediterranean Floras. Use of key guides to detect taxa (families).

Recommended Bibliography

Media will be used and all the material edited will be available to students.
Main book:
Nabors M.W., 2004 - Introduction to Botany. Pearson Education Inc., Benjamin Cummings. San Francisco, CA.
Other texts:
Pasqua G., Abbate G., Forni C., 2007 - Botanica generale e diversità vegetale. Piccin Editore
Judd & al. 2002. Botanica sistematica - Piccin Ed.
Mauseth J.D., 2007– Botanica. Biodiversità Editoriale Grasso
Gerola F. M., 1997 - Biologia vegetale: sistematica filogenetica.Ed. Utet.
Strasburger 2004 - Trattato di Botanica. (to consult, good descriptions of the Gymnosperm and Angiosperm taxa of main interest) Delfino ed.

Teaching Methods

The course will include lectures (lessons), guided laboratories and/or field work organized in individual and group work, and seminars.

The attention and participation of the students at the different stages of education will be stressed. Practical activities will be carried out in the laboratory, with the observation of samples and the application of specific study techniques. Discussions and general debate will be encouraged, as well as the cooperation among students in the different activities. The course will be integrated with lectures given by foreign professors and researchers, specialist on specific taxonomic groups.

Contacts/More Information

Contacts:
Dipartimento di Scienze della Natura e del Territorio
Via Piandanna, 4 - Sassari
Tel. 0039 079 228675;
Fax 0039 079 233600;
e-mail: emfa@uniss.it
Supervision hours:
Contattare per e-mail il docente - Please contact by e-mail the professor
Readiness to offer individual assistance in a foreign language to incoming students (English): YES
Availability of supporting material and bibliographic references also in a foreign language (English): YES
Materiale su supporto informatico preparato dal docente / Materials in electronic format provided by the teacher in English.
Nabors M.W., 2004 - Introduction to Botany. Pearson Education Inc., Benjamin Cummings. San Francisco, CA.
Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (English) : YES

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