Includes chromosome squashing, whole-mount preparation, photomicrography, and other techniques. One lecture and three laboratories per week. The principles of plant classification including history, nomenclature, specimen collection and preservation, current systematic methodologies, and a survey of the pteridophytes, lycophytes, gymnosperms and 50 angiosperm families. Two lectures and four laboratory hours per week. 447-2 to 6 Field Studies in Latin America Two to six weeks of intensive field work to acquaint students with the flora and vegetation in various environments of Latin America and with ecological and taxonomic field techniques.
Cost varies with type of study and location.
448-3 to 8 Field Studies in the Western United States Three to six weeks of intensive field work designed to acquaint students with the flora, vegetation, and environments of the Rocky Mountains and adjacent areas. Both ecological and taxonomic field methods are emphasized. The principles of modern plant systematics including classification methods, phenetics, cladistics, speciation and isolating mechanisms, plant breeding systems, basic population genetics, hybridization, polyploidy, and flowering plant phylogenetic relationships using traditional and molecular markers. 450-2 Plant Geography World distribution of plants related to environmental, floristic, and historical factors. 451-4 Flora of Southern Illinois Exposure to the major upland and lowland communities of southern Illinois with an emphasis on the identification, distribution and ecology of the natural and introduced floristic components.