PřF:Bi6580 Plant taxonomy - Course Information

Bi6580 Plant taxonomy

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).

Teacher(s)

Mgr. Petr Šmarda, Ph.D. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

Mgr. Petr Šmarda, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Petr Šmarda, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science

Timetable

Mon 12:00–13:50 D32/329

Prerequisites (in Czech)

! B6580 Plant taxonomy

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

there are 7 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display

Course objectives

Plant taxonomy is a special lecture for students of systematic botany. Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand the basic principles of classification and nomenclature of plants to understand and analyse classification criteria to analyse the main taxonomic methods using case studies

Syllabus

• Variability of plants; units and taxa, definition of species and intraspecific taxa of Higher plants. Statical species delimitation: habitus, morphology, anatomy, karyology, genomic and molecular features. Dynamic delimitation: variability vs. phenotype plasticity, modes of reproduction, phenology and flower biology, climatic and ecological species preferences, geographic distribution, vicariance and modes of dissemination. Native interspecific hybridization and polyploidization: research and detection methods. Basic principles of botanic nomenclature and phytography (ICBN, description, diagnosis, synonymy, protologue, exsicates, homonymy, type taxa, nomenclatural combination, nomen conservandum, n. novum, n. ambiguum, n. illegitimum; application of code, important abbreviations in taxonomic literature, genus, infrageneric taxa, suprageneric taxa, nomenclature of cultivated plants; taconomic literature: IK, TTL, BPH, monography, conspect, flora, determination key and its principles, enumeratio, journals and internet resources for taxonomy, biosystematics and nomenclature of plants

Literature

• STACE, C. A. Plant taxonomy and biosystematics. 1st ed. London, New York etc.: Edward Arnold, 1989. ISBN 0-7131-2955-7. info
• BRIGGS, D. and S. M. WALTERS. Plant variation and evolution. 3rd ed. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1997, 512 pp. ISBN 0-521-45918-4. info
• BRIGGS, D. and S. M. WALTERS. Premenlivosť a vývoj rastlín (Plant variation and evolution). 1st ed. Bratislava: Slovenské pedagogické nakladatelstvo, 1973, 280 pp. ISBN 67-366-74. info
• ŠTYS, Pavel. Zákonitosti evoluce organismů. In Fylogeneze, systém a biologie organismů. 1st ed. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1992, p. 643-689. ISBN 80-04-22815-1. info
• ŠTYS, Pavel. Úvod do obecné taxonomie. In Fylogeneze, systém a biologie organismů. 1st ed. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1992, p. 9-22. ISBN 80-04-22815-1. info
• DAVIS, P. H. and V. H. HEYWOOD. Principles of Angiosperm taxonomy. 1st ed. Edinburgh and London: Oliver & Boyd, 1963, 556 pp. info
• HEYWOOD, V. H. Taxonomie der Pflanzen. 1st ed. Jena: Gustav Fischer Verlag, 1971, 112 pp. ISBN 261 700/159/71. info

Teaching methods

lecture

Assessment methods

lecture, oral exam

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Study Materials
The course is taught annually.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• Bi6570 Plant microevolution and speciation
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