The goal is to acquire basic knowledge of the modern insights in the taxonomic and morphological diversity and the phylogeny of land plants and fungi, and in the major evolutionary developments, especially with regard to cryptogamic plants and pollen. The following items will be discussed and demonstrated:
- Changing views on phylogenetic relations within the land plants and fungi
- Overview of morphological and taxonomic diversity and morphological characterization of the presently accepted main clades
- Present insights in and disputes over key innovations, and functional characterizations (adaptations)
- State of the art overview of the various uses by mankind of the taxa and of the applications of these fields of knowledge
Coordinator
Dr.M.Roos, email roos@nhn.leidenuniv.nl
Onderwijsvormen
Lectures, practicals, demonstrations, excursions, field observations and visits to the botanical garden. exercises, identifications, SEM-studies; study of representative material of the main taxa as well as identifications
Studiemateriaal
Literature, reader
Toetsing
Reports (oral, written), drawings, examination
Ingangseis/advies
Course Tree of Life of year 1 (demonstrations and relevant parts of Campbell); course Biodiversity and pattern analysis of year 2 or equivalent
Rooster
Sept. 22-26: Mosses and Ferns
Sept. 29 – Oct. 2: Angiosperm pollen
Oct. 6-10: Fungi
Inschrijving
via registration form
Gebruik DLO
Blackboard, interactive keys, power point presentations
Doelstelling
The goal is to gain basic knowledge of recently established phylogenetic lineages in the land plants and fungi and based thereon of essential understanding of modern insights in the morphological characterization, the origin and evolutionary development of the main clades and the angiosperm pollen.
Opmerkingen
Language: Dutch (English in case foreign MSc-students participate).