General Botany.
The exam consists of a practical part (presentation of a herbarium containing some tens specimens of Sardinian, Italian or European native species - Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms – amounting to 1-2% of the regional vascular flora), followed by an oral exam that will focus on theoretical concepts. Students not attending lessons are requested to contact the lecturer.
To give basic competences for bio-systematic analysis and fundamental elements for the comprehension of the origin and phylogenesis of plant diversity, also by focusing on particular systematic groups.
EVOLUTION, CLASSIFICATION AND NOMENCLATURE, CYANOBACTERIA, ALGAE, FUNGI, LICHENS, BRIOPHYTES, PTERIDOPHYTES, SPERMATOPHYTES, GYMNOSPERMS, ANGIOSPERMS.
Nabors M.W., 2004 – Introduction to Botany. Pearson Education, Inc.
The slides and other materials used for lectures will be made available to the students.
THE COURSE ENTAILS THREE PARTS: THE FIRST CONSISITS OF INDOOR LESSONS (6 ECTS); THE SECOND CONSISTS OF EXERCISES IN BIOSYSTEMATIC LAB (1 ECTS) THE THIRD CONSISTS OF FIELD WORK ACTIVITIES (1 ECTS)
Contacts: Dipartimento di SCIENZE DELLA NATURA E DEL TERRITORIO VIA PIANDANNA 4 SASSARI Tel. 079 228675; Fax 079 233600; e-mail: emfa@uniss.it Supervision hours: 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 Nabors M.W., 2004 – Introduction to Botany. Pearson Education, Inc. The slides and other materials used for lectures will be made available to the students. Readiness to accept examination of incoming students also in a foreign language (English) : YES
