Bi7810 History of botany

Faculty of Science
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
1/0/0. 1 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
prof. RNDr. Petr Bureš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. RNDr. Petr Bureš, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: prof. RNDr. Petr Bureš, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Timetable
Mon 17. 9. to Fri 14. 12. Mon 12:00–13:50 D31/238
Prerequisites (in Czech)
! B7810 History of botany
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
History of Sciences is part of a complex study of the sciences. A better understanding of the historical development of science, its function, possibilities and consequences is the main aim of this study. The organization of history of botany lectures corresponds with that commonly used in history of art and culture lectures. The historical background of technical, cultural or political developments is accented in individual stages. The history of botany in Bohemia and Moravia is also noted in accordance with the regional aspects of botany.
Syllabus
  • Basic terms, paradigm theory. Botany in Sumer and Assyria. Habitual classification of plants: Theophrastus. Prototyp of medieval herbal books: Dioscorides. Herbal poems of medieval monks: O. v. Meung, Hildegarde v. Bingen, Albertus Magnus. Origin of botany in Renaissance - herbal books: Brunfels, Bock, Fuchs, Tabernaemontanus, Dodonaeus, Lobelius, etc. First regional floras Thal, Clusius, morphological classification: A. Cesalpino, G. Bauhin. Plant sexuality: R. J. Camerarius, A. Zálužanský. Plant morphology, physiology and anatomy: J. Jung, C. F. Wolff, S. Hales, J. Ingenhousz, M. Malpighi, N. Grew. Origin of plant classification in the Enlightenment: from Morison to Linnaeus. Expeditions to exotic countries. 18th century: new institutions - scientific societies, scientific journals, museums, scientific congresses. 19th and 20th centuries: development of microscopic techniques and methods (development of cryptogamous plant classification, knowledge of plant fertilization, cytology, karyology); interdisplinary science (phytogeography); historical aspect in botany (paleobotany, evolutionary classification), measurement and quantitative aspects (biostatistics), synthetic aspects (plant taxonomy, plant ecology, biosystematics). History of floristic research in Bohemia and Moravia (from Bohadsch, Schmidt, Pohl to Domin, Dostál and Květena České republiky)
Literature
  • Mägdefrau, Karl: Geschichte der Botanik. - Gustav Fischer Verl. Stuttgart, Jena, New York, 1992. ISBN 3-437-20489-0
  • Klášterský, Ivan, Hrabětová-Uhrová, A. & Duda J.: Dějiny floristického výzkumu v Čechách, na Moravě a ve Slezsku I. II. - Severočes. Přír. 1982 Suppl. 1 et 2.
Teaching methods
lectures
Assessment methods
lecture, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is taught once in two years.
Information on the per-term frequency of the course: předmět je vypisován v sudých letech (2004, 2006, ...).
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2010 - only for the accreditation, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2004, Spring 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011 - acreditation, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2018, recent)
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