Bi4115 System of angiosperms

Faculty of Science
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 2 credit(s) (fasci plus compl plus > 4). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Irena Axmanová, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Irena Axmanová, Ph.D.
Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Contact Person: Mgr. Irena Axmanová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Botany and Zoology – Biology Section – Faculty of Science
Prerequisites (in Czech)
Bi2030 High. plant phylog. & divers. || B2030 System phylog. higher plants || B3090 Syst. Phyl. Higher Plants
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 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand of phylogeny of vascular plants; to learn the diversity of taxa (on family level) with special remarks to the Flora of Central Europe.
Learning outcomes
At the end of this course students should be able to: - orient in diversity of vascular plants in Central Europe.
Syllabus
  • Phylogeny of vascular plants. Rhyniophyta. Lycopodiophyta, Equisetophyta, Polypodiophyta, Cycadophyta, Pinophyta, Gnetophyta (recent families, genera and species). Magnoliophyta - Magnoliidae, Liliidae. A survey of families in the Flora of the Central Europe. Important families, genera and species in ecosystems and economy.
Literature
  • Flowering plants of the world. Edited by V. H. Heywood. London: Batsford, 1993, 335 s. ISBN 0-7134-7422-X. info
  • HENDRYCH, Radovan. Systém a evoluce vyšších rostlin : učební přehled. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1979, 517 s. info
  • NOVÁK, František Antonín. Vyšší rostliny : Tracheophyta. 1. vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství Československé akademie věd, 1961, 941 s. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, 2 hours weekly.
Assessment methods
oral exam; 3 questions - characteristics of 3 selected families, usually from a. primitive dicots b. evolutionary advanced dicots c. monocots
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2008 - for the purpose of the accreditation, Spring 2011 - only for the accreditation, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, spring 2012 - acreditation, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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