BOTANY 5264 -- Morphology of Vascular Plants -- Spring, 2004

 

Instructor: Scott Russell, 143 GLCH, 325-6234 Text: Gifford, E.M. and A.S. Foster. 1987. Morphology and Evolution of Vascular Plants, Third Edition. W.H. Freeman and Company, New York.

E-mail: srussell@ou.edu

URL: http://bomi.ou.edu/bot5264/

 

Date

Lecture

Laboratory

Readings

Jan. 13

Comparative Morphology: Basic Tenets,

History and Goals

Vascular Plant Anatomical Organization

1-10; 33-42

Jan. 15

Fundamentals of Vascular Plant Organization:

Reproductive Morphology

Vascular Plant Reproductive Morphology

11-22; 49-74

Jan. 20

Fundamentals of Vascular Plant Organization:

Vegetative Morphology

Shoot Longitudinal Symmetry

23-31

Jan. 22

Origin of Land Plants and Devonian

Paleobotany

Shoot Lateral Symmetry

31-33; 75-88

Jan. 27

Vegetative Morphology of Lycophyta:

Lycopodium and Selaginella

Vegetative Morphology of Lycopodium

and Selaginella

105-114; 125-133

Jan. 29

Reproductive Morphology of Lycophyta:

Lycopodium and Selaginella

Reproductive Morphology of Lycopodium

and Selaginella

114-124; 133-143

Feb. 3

Vegetative and Reproductive Morphology of

Lycophyta: Isoetes

Vegetative and Reproductive Morphology of

Isoetes

153-167

Feb. 5

Vegetative and Reproductive Morphology of

Sphenophyta: Equisetum

Vegetative and Reproductive Morphology of

Equisetum

175-198

Feb. 10

Paleobotanical Record of Lycophyta

Paleobotany of Lower Vascular Plant

Groups

124-125, 143-153, 167;

198-204

Feb. 12

Paleobotanical Record of Sphenophyta

Laboratory Practical #1

 

Feb. 17

The Concept of the Leaf

Lecture Exam #1

 

Feb. 19

The Eusporangiate Ferns

Eusporangiate Ferns

209-212; 218-244

Feb. 24

Stelar Theory, Vegetative Morphology

Leptosporangiate Ferns: Vegetative Morphology

245-253; 265-273

Feb. 26

Leptosporangiate Ferns: Reproductive Forms

Leptosporangiate Ferns: Reproductive

Morphology

253-265; 274-305

Mar. 2

Leptosporangiate Ferns: Heterosporous

Ferns and the Paleobotanical Record of Ferns

Heterosporous Ferns: Vegetative and

Reproductive Morphology

305-325; 212-218

Mar. 4

The Seed: Structure and Evolution

Comparative Morphology of Seeds and

Germination Strategies

327-344

Mar. 9

Cycads and Ginkgo: Vegetative Morphology

Cycads and Ginkgo: Vegetative Morphology

357-366; 385-389

Mar. 11

Cycads and Ginkgo: Reproductive

Morphology

Cycads and Ginkgo: Reproductive

Morphology

366-384; 389-400

Mar. 23

Coniferales: Vegetative Morphology

Coniferales: Vegetative Morphology

401-421

Mar. 25

Coniferales: Reproductive Morphology

Coniferales: Reproductive Morphology

421-448

Mar. 30

The Female Cone of the Coniferales

Laboratory Practical #2

 

Apr. 1

Origin of Gymnosperms

Lecture Exam #2

345-357; 448-453

Apr. 6

Gnetales

Gnetales

455-483

Apr. 8

Angiosperms: Overview and Origin

Stem diversity: Comparative Morphology

485-489; 505-519

Apr. 13

Comparative Morphology of Stems

Stem diversity: Succulent Shoots

 

Apr. 15

Comparative Morphology of Leaves

Comparative Morphology of Leaves

489-505

Apr. 20

Comparative Morphology of Roots

Comparative Morphology of Roots

519-522

Apr. 22

Reproductive Morphology: The Flower

The Angiosperm Flower

522-545; 551-561

Apr. 27

Reproductive Morphology: Sexual

Reproduction

Angiosperm Sexual Reproduction

545-550; 563-616

Apr. 29

Whole Plant Modifications, Origin of

Angiosperms

Laboratory Exam #3

 

 

FINAL EXAMINATION: Monday, May 3, 2004, 8:00 to 10:00 a.m.