BIp010 System and evolution of higher plants

Faculty of Education
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
1/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Natálie Čeplová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Natálie Čeplová, Ph.D.
Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: Mgr. Natálie Čeplová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Biology – Faculty of Education
Prerequisites (in Czech)
BIp005 General Botany
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of the course students should be able to: (1) understand plant systematic principles and methods; (2) interpret classification schemes; (3) gain an appreciation of the diversity of the world’s mosses and vascular flora; (4) become familiar with the characteristics of major orders and families of vascular plants; (5) prepare plant material for observations; (6) practically recognize major determination and evolution characteristics of vascular plants; (7) identify common Czech plants; (8) apply these skills in the preparation of a plant collection; (9) know the basic methods used in botany. (10) use these skills in paedagogical praxis
Learning outcomes
- student uses the correct terminology and is able to select concepts and phenomena corresponding to the level of pupils at primary schools - student selects and uses the model organisms in the teaching praxis to document the selected concepts and phenomena related to botany of higher plants - student works with plant material and creates didactic subjects for the needs of teaching at primary school
Syllabus
  • Lectures: 1. Basic principles of systematics 2. History of systematics 3. Principles of historical and modern botanical systems 4. Characteristics of basic groups of vascular plants: 5. Bryophyta 6. Lycopodiophyta, Equisetophyta, Psilotophyta, Polypodiophyta 7. Angiospermae 8. Magnoliophyta Laboratory courses: 1. Determination keys, floras and other botanical books 2. Bryophyta (mosses) 3. Lycopodiophyta 4. Equisetophyta, Ophioglossaceae 5. Polypodiales, Salviniales – ferns 6. Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta, Gnetophyta 7. Pinophyta 8. Angiosperms I (Magnoliaceae, Ranunculaceae, Boraginaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Lamiaceae) 9. Angiosperms II (Brassicaceae, Rosaceae, Fabaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae, Poaceae) 10. The important species of the flora of the Czech Republic 11. Herbarium preparation
Literature
  • MÁRTONFI, Pavol. Systematika cievnatých rastlín. 3. vyd. V Košiciach: Univerzita Pavla Jozefa Šafárika, 2007, 220 s. ISBN 9788070976944. info
  • SIMPSON, Michael G. Plant systematics. Amsterdam: Elsevier Academic Press, 2006, xi, 590. ISBN 0126444609. info
  • Flowering plants of the world. Edited by V. H. Heywood. London: Batsford, 1993, 335 s. ISBN 071347422X. info
  • ROSYPAL, Stanislav. Fylogeneze, systém a biologie organismů. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1992, 744 s. ISBN 8004228151. info
Teaching methods
lectures (1 hour per week) and laboratory courses (2 hours per week)
Assessment methods
Final written test; herbarium preparation; active praticipation in laboratory courses, practical exam of plant species determination.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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