| Month | Day | Lecture or | Laboratory Topic | Reading (W&K) |
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January |
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| 18 | Course Introduction | Exercise with 'Systematic Concepts' | Chapters 1, 4 | |
| 20 | Vegetative Structure: shoot and leaf | Terms and linked structures | Chapter 3 | |
| 25 | Pteridophytes | Gymnosperms | Chapters 8, 9 | |
| 27 | The Basic Flower | Floral Variations | Chapter 10 | |
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February |
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| 1 | Angiosperm Classification | Magnoliidae (lab overview) | Chapters 22, 23 | |
| 3 | Hamamelidae (lab overview) | The Dormant Flora (Field) | Chapters 11, 18 | |
| 8 | Caryophyllidae | Caryophyllidae (lab overview) | Chapter 17 | |
| 10 | Dilleniidae | Dilleniidae (lab overview) | Chapter 16 | |
| 15 | Rosidae | Rosidae (lab overview) | Chapter 12 | |
| 17 | Asteridae | Asteridae (lab overview) | Chapter 14 | |
| 22 | Exam 1 | The Herbarium | Chapters 1, 6 | |
| 24 | Monocots - Alismatidae | Arecidae | Chapters 19 | |
| 29 | Commelinidae | Commelinidae | Chapter 20 | |
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March |
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| 2 | Zingiberidae | Liliidae (lab overview) | Chapter 19 | |
| 7 | Field Day | Dewberry Hill, Meadowside | ||
| 9 | Nomenclature | Specimen Identification | Chapter 2 | |
| 21 | Field Day | Old River Ranch (USGS) | 1996a and b | |
| 23 | Family Detail 1 | Specimen Identification | ||
| 28 | Field Day | Navasota Bottoms (Lenz) | 1996a and b | |
| 30 | Exam 2 | Specimen Identification* | ||
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April |
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| 4 | Field Day | Sugarloaf Mountian (USGS) | 1996a and b | |
| 6 | History | Specimen Identification | Chapter 21 | |
| 11 | Field Day | Minter Spring (USGS) | ||
| 13 | Taxonomic Literature | Specimen Identification | Chapter 26 | |
| 18 | Field Day | Flynn Bogs (USGS) | 1996 | |
| 20 | Evolution | Specimen Identification** | Chapters 24, 25 | |
| 25 | Field Day | TBA | ||
| 27 | Family Detail 2 | Specimen Identification | ||
| May | ||||
| 10 | Final Exam | 8-10 a.m.*** |