BOTANY 4283
Plant Anatomy
Offered next: Spring, 2013

Instructor: Scott Russell, 210 NML, 325-4391 Lab: 143 GLCH
E-mail: srussell@ou.edu
Lecture: 9:30-10:20 TR Lab: 1:30-3:20 TR
Text: Esau, Katherine. 1977. Anatomy of Seed Plants, 2nd edition. John Wiley & Sons, Inc. ISBN: 0-471-24520-8 (PB: 0-471-02251-9)
URL: http://bomi.ou.edu/bot4283/

Here are class handouts for the semester, which will be updated as needed:

Materials of General Interest

Specific Class Topics and Handouts:
Lecture 1: Introduction to course and the living cell / Lab 1 - Microscopy and plant protoplasm
Lecture 2: Endomembrane concept and cytoplasm / Lab 2 - Ergastic substances
Lecture 3: Nucleus, mitochondria and plastids / Lab 3 - Cell walls, mitosis & cytokinesis
Lecture 4: Cell wall, plasmodesmata and cell division / Lab 4 - Cell walls, mitosis & cytokinesis
Lecture 5: / Lab 5 - Parenchyma and collenchyma
Lecture 6: / Lab 6 - Sclerenchyma - Sclereids and fibers
Lecture 7: Epidermis / Lab 7 - Epidermis
Lecture 8: Xylem - Tracheids, vessel members, fibers / Lab 8 - Gymnosperm wood
Lecture 9: Xylem - Secondary xylem and wood structure / Lab 9 - Angiosperm wood
Lecture 10: Xylem - Primary xylem and ontogenesis / Lab - Wood Anatomy
Lecture Examination # 1 / Lab Exam #1
Lecture 11: Vascular cambium / Phloem - Sieve tubes and cells / Lab 10 - Vascular cambium
Lecture 12: Phloem - Sieve tubes and cells / Lab 11 - Phloem I
Lecture 13: Phloem - Ontogenesis and function / Lab 11 (con't) - Phloem II
Lecture 14: / Lab 12 - Cork and anomalous cambia
Lecture 15: / Lab 13 - Shoot apical meristem
Lecture 16: Stem - Primary vascular differentiation / Lab 14 - Stem organization & stem types
Lecture 17: Stem - Differentiation and secondary growth / Lab 15 - Nodal anatomy and onset of secondary growth
Lecture 18: / Lab 16 - Leaf - Organization and organogenesis
Lecture 19: / Lab 17 - Leaf variation
Lecture 20: / Lab 18 - Secretory structures
Lecture Examination # 2 / Lab Exam #2
Lecture 21: / Lab 19 - Root - Primary structure and differentiation
Lecture 22: / Lab 20 - Root - Onset of secondary growth
Lecture 23: / Lab 21 - Flower - Structure and organogenesis
Lecture 24: / Lab 22 - Sporogenesis and gametogenesis
Lecture 25: / Lab 23 - Fertilization and embryogenesis
Lecture 26: / Lab 24 - Seed, fruit and seedlings
Lab Exam #3
Lecture Examination - Tuesday, May 10, 2011 - 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.

Reference Materials and Activities for Current Class
Materials and Activities of Past Classes