COURSE
OUTLINE AND TENTATIVE LECTURE SCHEDULE
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Date |
Lab. Exercise |
Lecture Topic |
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W Sept. |
6 |
Plant Diversity Survey |
Introduction &
Classification |
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F Sept. |
8 |
#1, Anatomy Review |
Homology & Organography |
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M Sept. |
11 |
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Embryogeny & Growth |
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W Sept. |
13 |
Architecture of the Sporophyte |
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F Sept. |
15 |
Field Trip: O.U. Green House |
Growth and the Development of a Tree |
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M Sept. |
18 |
Psilopsida |
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W Sept. |
20 |
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Origin of the Land Flora |
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F Sept. |
22 |
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The Earliest Vascular Plants |
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M Sept. |
25 |
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Diversification of the Land Flora |
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W Sept. |
27 |
#4, Lycophytes |
Lycopsida: Lycopodiales |
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F Sept. |
29 |
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Lycopsida: Selaginellales |
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M Oct. |
2 |
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Lycopsida: Isoetales |
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W Oct. |
4 |
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Lycopsida: Isoetales and Fossil Forms |
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F Oct. |
6 |
#5, Equisetophytes |
Sphenopsida: Equisetales |
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M Oct. |
9 |
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Sphenopsida: Cont. |
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W Oct. |
11 |
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First Exam |
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F Oct. |
13 |
#6, Ferns (Pteriopsida or Filicopsida) |
Pteropsida: Marattiales & Ophioglosales |
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M Oct. |
16 |
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Pteropsida: Filicales |
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W Oct. |
18 |
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Pteropsida: Hydropteridales |
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F Oct. |
20 |
#7, Lignophytes |
The Origin of Seed Plants |
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M Oct. |
23 |
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Earliest Seed Plants: Seed Ferns |
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W Oct. |
25 |
#8, Cycads |
Cycadales |
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F Oct. |
27 |
#9, Ginkgophytes |
Ginkgo |
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M Oct. |
30 |
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Second Exam |
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W Nov. |
1 |
#10, Cordaites & Conifers |
Cordaitales and Coniferales |
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F Nov. |
3 |
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Coniferales (Cont.) |
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M Nov. |
6 |
#11, Gnetophytes |
Gnetales |
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W Nov. |
8 |
#12, Flowering
Plants |
Gnetales (Cont.), and Intro. to
Flowering Plant |
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F Nov. |
10 |
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Angiosperm Features |
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M. Nov. |
13 |
Phylogeny and the Rise of Angiosperm Dominance |
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FINAL
EXAM -
Saturday, November 18 at 8:00 a.m.