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,
E-mail: srussell@ou.edu
URL: http://bomi.ou.edu/bot5264/
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Date |
Lecture |
Laboratory |
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Jan.
13 |
Comparative
Morphology: Basic Tenets, History
and Goals |
Vascular
Plant Anatomical Organization |
1-10;
33-42 |
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Jan.
15 |
Fundamentals
of Vascular Plant Organization: Reproductive
Morphology |
Vascular
Plant Reproductive Morphology |
11-22;
49-74 |
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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 |
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Jan.
27 |
Vegetative
Morphology of Lycophyta: Lycopodium
and Selaginella |
Vegetative
Morphology of Lycopodium
and
Selaginella |
105-114;
125-133 |
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Jan.
29 |
Reproductive
Morphology of Lycophyta: Lycopodium
and Selaginella |
Reproductive
Morphology of Lycopodium and
Selaginella |
114-124;
133-143 |
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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 |
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Feb.
12 |
Paleobotanical Record of Sphenophyta |
Laboratory
Practical #1 |
|
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Feb. 17 |
The Concept of the Leaf |
Lecture Exam #1 |
|
|
Feb. 19 |
The Eusporangiate Ferns |
Eusporangiate Ferns |
209-212; 218-244 |
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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 |
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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 |
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Mar. 9 |
Cycads and Ginkgo: Vegetative Morphology |
Cycads and Ginkgo: Vegetative Morphology |
357-366; 385-389 |
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Mar.
11 |
Cycads
and Ginkgo: Reproductive Morphology |
Cycads
and Ginkgo: Reproductive Morphology |
366-384;
389-400 |
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Mar. 23 |
Coniferales:
Vegetative Morphology |
Coniferales:
Vegetative Morphology |
401-421 |
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Mar. 25 |
Coniferales:
Reproductive Morphology |
Coniferales:
Reproductive Morphology |
421-448 |
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Mar. 30 |
The Female Cone of the Coniferales |
Laboratory Practical #2 |
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|
Apr. 1 |
Origin of Gymnosperms |
Lecture Exam #2 |
345-357; 448-453 |
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Apr. 6 |
Gnetales |
Gnetales |
455-483 |
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Apr. 8 |
Angiosperms: Overview and Origin |
Stem diversity: Comparative
Morphology |
485-489; 505-519 |
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Apr. 13 |
Comparative Morphology of
Stems |
Stem diversity: Succulent
Shoots |
|
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Apr. 15 |
Comparative Morphology of
Leaves |
Comparative Morphology of
Leaves |
489-505 |
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Apr. 20 |
Comparative Morphology of
Roots |
Comparative Morphology of
Roots |
519-522 |
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Apr. 22 |
Reproductive Morphology:
The Flower |
The Angiosperm Flower |
522-545; 551-561 |
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Apr.
27 |
Reproductive
Morphology: Sexual Reproduction |
Angiosperm
Sexual Reproduction |
545-550;
563-616 |
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Apr.
29 |
Whole
Plant Modifications, Origin of Angiosperms |
Laboratory
Exam #3 |
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FINAL EXAMINATION: