Università Roma Tre

INTRODUCTION TO THE HISTORY OF BOTANY. THE FUNDAMENTAL CHARACTERISTICS OF PLANTS. PLANT CELLS; CELLULAR WALLS, VACUOLES. PLASTIDS AND PHOTOSYNTHESIS. ONTOGENETICAL CYCLES AND REPRODUCTION. INTRODUCTION TO THE TAXONOMY. THALLUS AND CORMUS. MERISTEMS AND CELLULAR DIFFERANTIATION. DEFINITIVE TISSUES: PARENCHIMATIC, TEGUMENTAL, MECCANICAL, VASCULAR, AND SECRETORY TISSUES. PLANT ORGANS: ROOTS, STEM, LEAVES, FLOWERS, FRUITS, SEEDS- CHARACTERISTICS AND DEVELOPMENT.
DIVERSITY OF PLANTS IN A PHYLOGENETIC POINT OF VIEW.

EXERCISES: HISTOLOGICAL PREPARATION OF PLANTS TISSUES. MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSES. IDENTIFICATIONS.
HERBARIUM EXERCISES. INTRODUCTION TO PLANT ECOLOGY AND TO BIODIVERSITY ASSESSMENT.

-EVERT, EICHHORN- LA BIOLOGIA DELLE PIANTE DI RAVEN- VII ED. ZANICHELLI 2013
-PASQUA. ABBATE, FORNI- BOTANICA GENERALE E DIVERSITÀ VEGETALE- ED. PICCIN, PADOVA. IV ED. 2019.
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- EXERCISES PROTOCOLS

Biodiversity, systematic and plant evolution. Morpho-structural characteristics of cyanobacteria, algae, fungi, bryophytes, pteridophytes, gimnosperms, angiosperms, with examples of the main families. Ontogenetic cycles from algae to fanerogams.

Pdfs of the lessons performed during the course and the following books:

EVERT, EICHHORN- LA BIOLOGIA DELLE PIANTE DI RAVEN, ED. ZANICHELLI, VII ED. 2018.
Pasqua, Abbate, Forni. Botanica generale e Diversità vegetale. ED. PICCIN