BOTANY 201 - TAXONOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

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Lecture schedule - Fall 1997, Hecc 204

INSTRUCTOR: Dr. James R. Manhart, Room 311, Butler Hall
Office Hours: MTWTF 8-10 Phone: 845-3356
Email: Manhart@bio.tamu.edu

TEXTS: Jones, S.B. and A.E. Luchsinger. 1986. PLANT SYSTEMATICS (2nd ed.) - (OPTIONAL),
Lecture note packet #162 from Copy Corner, Lab Handouts packet #163(REQUIRED), and Lab Key packet #164 (Required).

MATERIAL ON RESERVE IN LIBRARY: 1. Jones, S.B. and A.E. Luchsinger. 1986. PLANT SYSTEMATICS (2nd ed.). 2. Smith, 1977. VASCULAR PLANT FAMILIES. 3. Benson, 1979. PLANT CLASSIFICATION. 4. Wood, 1974. A STUDENT'S ATLAS OF FLOWERING PLANTS.

LECTURE SCHEDULE:

 DATE                      TOPIC                                 READING (Jones & Luch.)

 1 Sep     Introduction                                          1-10,55-78

 3 Sep     Vegetative Morphology                                 216-232

 8 Sep     Vegetative Morphology                                 216-232

10 Sep     Reproductive Morphology                               232-252

15 Sep     Reproductive Morphology                               232-252

17 Sep     The Magnoliophyta                                     114-153

22 Sep     Magnoliidae                                           296-306

24 Sep     Magnoliidae-Hamamelidae                               306-317

29 Sep     EXAMINATION I

 1 Oct     Hamamelidae                                           317-324

 6 Oct     Caryophyllidae     					 324-333

 8 Oct     Caryophyllidae     					 324-333

13 Oct     Dilleniidae     		                         335-349

15 Oct     Dilleniidae     				         335-349

20 Oct     Rosidae                                               351-390

22 Oct     Rosidae                                               351-390

27 Oct     EXAMINATION II     

29 Oct     Rosidae -Asterideae                                   351-418

 3 Nov     Asteridae                                             390-418

 5 Nov     Asteridae                                             390-418

10 Nov     Asteridae                                             390-418

12 Nov     Historical Background & Nomenclature                   11-53

17 Nov     Alismatidae-Arecidae                                  418-426

19 Nov     EXAMINATION III 

24 Nov     Arecidae-Commelinidae (Collections due this week!)    427-436

26 Nov     Commelinidae-Zingberidae                              436-441

 1 Dec     Liliidae                                              441-450

 3 Dec     Angiosperm Evolution                                  157-184

 8 Dec     Reading Day     

15 Dec     FINAL EXAMINATION (8-10 a.m.)
TESTING: Lecture exams will be a combination of structure identification, short answer, and matching. Old exams can be reviewed on the www; start with the Botn 201 home page. NOTE: CHANGES TO EXAM GRADES WILL BE CONSIDERED FOR ONLY ONE WEEK AFTER EXAMS ARE RETURNED.


EXAMINATION     COVERAGE                          POINTS     DATE

I                Lectures of 1 Sep through        100     29 Sep
                 24 Sep

II               Lectures of 1 Oct through        100     27 Oct
                 22 Oct

III              Lectures of 29 Oct through       100     19 Nov
                 17 Nov

FINAL            Lectures of 24 Nov through       150     15 Dec
                 3 Dec (70 points)                        8-10 a.m.
                 + Comprehensive (80 points)
                                                                      

TOTAL                                             450

LABORATORY:

The laboratory point total is 450. Your final grade will be computed on the basis of 900 points. Specific point values in lab will be provided in the laboratory schedule.

MAKE-UP EXAMS:

If an exam is missed for a university approved excuse (illness, death in the family, etc.) Dr. Manhart must be notified ASAP and within 48 hours of the missed exam. Documentation of the reason the examination was missed must be provided by the student (example: note from the health center or private physician if ill). DO NOT WAIT TO SEE DR. MANHART PERSONALLY IF YOU KNOW YOU WILL MISS AN EXAM - contact by phone immediately and bring in written excuse. You may also leave a message with the Departmental Secretary (845-3346) or the Lab Coordinator, Monique, at 845-8650.

COPYRIGHT AND PLAGIARISM
The handouts and web pages used in this course are copyrighted. Handouts include but are not limited to syllabi, quizzes, exams, lab problems, in-class materials, review sheets, and additional problem sets. Because these materials are copyrighted, you do not have the right to copy the handouts, unless you are expressly given permission.

As commonly defined, plagiarism consists of passing off as one's own the ideas, words, writings, etc., which belong to another. In accordance with this definition, you are committing plagiarism if you copy the work of another person and turn it in as your own, even if you should have the permission of that person. Plagiarism is one of the worst academic sins, for the plagiarist destroys the trust among colleagues without which research cannot be safely communicated.

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Last Modified Aug. 19 1997