Unit BOTANY
- Course
- Biological sciences
- Study-unit Code
- GP004017
- Curriculum
- In all curricula
- Teacher
- Marilena Ceccarelli
- Teachers
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- Marilena Ceccarelli
- Hours
- 56 ore - Marilena Ceccarelli
- CFU
- 8
- Course Regulation
- Coorte 2019
- Offered
- 2019/20
- Learning activities
- Base
- Area
- Discipline biologiche
- Academic discipline
- BIO/01
- Type of study-unit
- Obbligatorio (Required)
- Type of learning activities
- Attività formativa monodisciplinare
- Language of instruction
- Italian language
- Contents
- General structure and organization of plant organisms. The plant cell. Plant tissues: meristems and mature tissues. Morphology and anatomy of stem, leaf, and root. Morphological adaptations to different environmental conditions. The vegetative and sexual reproduction. Principles of Systematic and Taxonomy. The most important groups of plant organisms: Algae, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Spermatophyta.
- Reference texts
- G. Pasqua, G. Abbate, C. Forni, Botanica generale e diversità vegetale. Piccin, III ed., 2015
J. D. Mauseth, Botanica, 2 voll. (parte generale; biodiversità). CG Idelson Gnocchi, II ed., 2003
F. M. Gerola, Biologia e diversità dei vegetali. UTET, 1995
R.F. Evert, S.E. Eichhorn, La biologia delle piante di Raven. Zanichelli, 2013 - Educational objectives
- This course is part of the basic teachings in degree course in Biological Science. The main aim is to provide students with the basis knowledge about structure organization and physiology of plant organisms, their development and reproduction, as well as their evolution. At the end of the course the students should have understood the fundamental role of the photosynthetic organisms in maintaining life on Earth.
- Prerequisites
- The study of plant cell structure and organization is a topic extensively covered in the course. In order to be able to follow this course with profit, it is useful that the students have successfully passed the Cytology and Histology exam.
- Teaching methods
- The course is organized in lectures on all expected topics. Attendance at classes is optional but strongly recommended.
- Other information
- Supplementary teaching material is available at the teacher uni-studium web page.
- Learning verification modality
- The exam consists of an oral test based on questions about some topics of the all course content program. Its length is about 30 minutes. The test aims to ascertain the knowledge level and the understanding capability acquired by the student on theoretical contents as indicated on the program. The oral exam will also test the student communication skills, his language correctness, and his autonomy in the organization and exposure of the theoretical topics.
- Extended program
- General structure and organization of plant organisms. The plant cell: in-depth study of cell wall, plastids, vacuole, nucleus. Plant tissues: meristems and cellular differentiation; the mature tissues systems: epidermis, parenchyma, collenchyma and sclerenchyma, secretory tissues, xylem and phloem. Morphology and anatomy of stem, leaf, and root. Morphological adaptations to different environmental conditions. The vegetative and sexual reproduction. Principles of Systematic and Taxonomy. The most important groups of plant organisms: Algae, Bryophyta, Pteridophyta, Spermatophyta. Reproductive organs: flower, fruit, seed.