BOTANY 5264
Morphology of Vascular Plants
Offered Next: Spring, 2010

Instructor: Scott Russell, 210 NML, 325-4391 Lab: 143 GLCH
E-mail: srussell@ou.edu
Lecture: 10:30-11:45 TR Lab: 2:10-4:00 TR
Text: Gifford, E.M. and A.S. Foster. 1989. Morphology and Evolution of Vascular Plants, Third Edition. W.H. Freeman and Company, New York.
URL: http://bomi.ou.edu/bot5264/

Materials of General Interest

Course Readings, Handouts and Online Images
Lecture / Lab 1 - Vascular Plant Anatomy
Lecture / Lab 2 - Vascular Plant Reproductive Morphology
Lecture / Lab 3 - Shoot Longitudinal Symmetry
Lecture 4 - Origin of Land Plants and Devonian Paleobotany / Lab 4 - Shoot Lateral Symmetry
Lecture / Lab 5 - Vegetative Morphology of Lycopodium and Selaginella
Lecture / Lab 6 - Reproductive Morphology of Lycopodium and Selaginella
Lecture / Lab 7 - Lycophyta: Vegetative and Reproductive Morphology of Isoetes
Lecture / Lab 8 - Sphenophyta: Vegetative and Reproductive Morphology of Equisetum
Lecture 9 - Paleobotany of Lycophyta / Lab 9 - Paleobotany of Lower Vascular Plant Groups
Lecture 10 - Paleobotany of Sphenophyta / Lab Examination # 1
Lecture 11 - Origin of the Leaf / Lecture Examination # 1
Lecture / Lab 12 - The Eusporangiate Ferns
Lecture / Lab 13 - Leptosporangiate Ferns: Vegetative Morphology
Lecture / Lab 14 - Leptosporangiate Ferns: Reproductive Morphology
Lecture / Lab 15 - Leptosporangiate Ferns: Transitional Groups and Heterosporous Ferns
Lecture / Lab 16 - Comparative Morphology of Seeds and Germination Strategies
Lecture / Lab 17 - Cycadales and Ginkgoales: Vegetative Morphology
Lecture / Lab 18 - Cycadales and Ginkgoales: Reproductive Morphology
Lecture / Lab 19 - Coniferophyta: Vegetative Morphology
Lecture / Lab 20 - Coniferophyta: Reproductive Morphology
Lecture 21 - The Female Cone of the Coniferales / Lab Examination # 2
Lecture 22 - Origin of Gymnosperms / Lecture Examination # 2
Lecture / Lab 23 - Gnetophyta: Vegetative and Reproductive Morphology
Lecture / Lab 24 - Magnoliophyta: Vegetative Morphology I
Lecture / Lab 25 - Magnoliophyta: Vegetative Morphology II
Lecture / Lab 26 - Magnoliophyta: Vegetative Morphology III
Lecture / Lab 27 - Magnoliophyta: Vegetative Morphology IV
Lecture / Lab 28 - Magnoliophyta: Reproductive Morphology I
Lecture / Lab 29 - Magnoliophyta: Reproductive Morphology II
Lecture 30 - Magnoliophyta: Whole Plant Modification / Lab Examination #3
Lecture Examination - Not Announced Yet

Materials and Activities of Current Class
Materials and Activities of Past Anatomy Classes

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