Botany 201L

Plant Evolutionary Diversity Laboratory

General Information

• Instructors: Dr. Sterling Keeley (coordinator: St. John 105A, 956-3930); Dr. Celia Smith (St. John 614A, 956-6947); Dr. David Webb (St. John 412A, 956-8028); Dr. Don Gardner (St. John 410A, 956-3939)
• Lecture: T, Th 9:00-10:15 (St. John 7)
• Laboratory: Th 1:30-4:20 (St. John 402)
• Text: Plants-An Evolutionary Survey by Scagel, et al.
• Optional Text: A Photographic Atlas for the Botany Laboratory by Van De Graff, et al.
• Web Resources: Course Notes and Illustrations

Laboratory Topics

• Kingdoms - Explorations
• Monerans and microscopes
• Myxomycota, Oomycota, Zygomycota
• Ascomycotina
• Basidiomycotina (possible field trip)
• Lab Exam 1
• Chlorophyta, Rhodophyta
• Phaeophyta, Phytoplankton
• Marine environments field trip
• Bryophyta and review
• Lab Exam 2
• Vascular plants, general features
• LVPs (Psilophytes, Sphenophytes, Lycophytes)
• Pterophytina, Cycadopsida, Coniferales
• Field trip to Foster Gardens - Magnoliophyta
• Lab Exam 3

Disclaimer: This information has been obtained from the syllabus for the Spring 1995 class offering and is only partial information about the course. It is not an authorized syllabus and does not offer any guarantee that the course was taught according to this outline then or will be taught this way in the future. It is only intended for general planning.