Class General Botany

The unit General Botany aims to provide students with basic training on plant diversity existing on the surface of the globe in an evolutionary perspective.

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Theoretical 1 - Diversity of Terrestrial Plants; 1.1. Botany: concept and object; 1.2. Evolution in geological time. Developments on land; 2 - Levels of Organization and Classification in Plant Kingdom; 2.1. Nonvascular Plants;  2.2. Vascular plants without seeds; 2.3. Vascular plants with seeds; 2.4. Vascular plants with flowers; 3 - Introduction to the Principles and Methods of Plant Systematics; 3.1. Sources of taxonomic information. Taxonomic structure; 3.2. Classification Systems flowering plants: A.P.G. IV (2016); 4 - Introduction to Geobotany 4.1. Factors that influence the distribution and adaptation of plants on land. 4.2. Growth habits. Adaptations. 4.3. Plant biodiversity conservation; Practical 1. Mosses and liverworts 2. Ferns  3. Gymnosperms 4. Angiosperms

Assessment will be carried out in continuous assessment and by examination. Continuous assessment will consist of: two tests (T); 1 test (P) + oral discussion of assignments (P) + assessment of the student's performance in class (P) Theoretical part (60% of the final grade) + Practical part (40% of the final grade) Assessment by Exam - 1 exam For the student to pass the course, he or she must have a positive mark (>9.50) in all the assessment items. Students can only pass the practical component by continuous assessment if they attend 75% of the classes.  Most of the practical classes will take place in the context of field trips, thus improving the student's teaching-learning process.

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