Lecture Outline for Integrative Biology 335 (Spring 2010)

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Lecturer Lecture
Number
Date Lecture Topic and Class Notes
Downie 1 Wed, Jan 20 Course Information and
What is Systematics?
Downie 2 Fri, Jan 22 Vegetative Morphology
Downie 3 Mon, Jan 25 Vegetative Morphology (continued)
Downie 4 Wed, Jan 27 The Taxonomic Hierarchy and Classification
Downie 5 Fri, Jan 29 Floral Terminology
Downie 6 Mon, Feb 1 Floral Terminology (continued) and
Floral Formulas
Downie 7 Wed, Feb 3
Lecture Assignment 1 Assigned
Botanical Nomenclature
Robertson 8 Fri, Feb 5 The Tallgrass Prairie
Downie 9 Mon, Feb 8 Fruits and Inflorescences
Downie 10 Wed, Feb 10
Lecture Assignment 1 Due
Methods and Principles of Systematics
Downie 11 Fri, Feb 12
Lecture Assignment 2 Assigned
Methods and Principles of Systematics (continued)
Downie 12 Mon, Feb 15 Magnoliaceae, Ranunculaceae & Papaveraceae
Default Conditions for Plants
Objectives for Plant Families
Happy Presidents' Day
Downie 13 Wed, Feb 17 Molecular Systematics
Downie 14 Fri, Feb 19 Hamamelidaceae, Moraceae & Fagaceae
Downie 15 Mon, Feb 22
Lecture Assignment 2 Due
Betulaceae & Lecture Review
Downie 16 Web, Feb 24 First Lecture Exam
Coverage: Lectures 1 – 15
Downie 17 Fri, Feb 26
Lecture Assignment 3 Assigned
Caryophyllid Clade
Cactaceae
Caryophyllaceae
Downie 18 Mon, Mar 1 Caryophyllid Clade (continued)
Portulacaceae
Polygonaceae
Downie 19 Wed, Mar 3 Breeding Systems
Downie 20 Fri, Mar 5 Preserving and Collecting Plants
Downie 21 Mon, Mar 8
Lecture Assignment 3 Due
Slide Review
Downie 22 Wed, Mar 10 Laboratory Slide Exam
Coverage: Labs 1 – 7
Downie 23 Fri, Mar 12 Malvaceae, Cucurbitaceae & Brassicaceae
Downie 24 Mon, Mar 15 Ericaceae, Salicaceae & Violaceae
Robertson 25 Wed, Mar 17 Pollination
Happy St. Patrick's Day
Downie 26 Fri, Mar 19 Private Life of Plants Video
"The Birds and the Bees"
Spring Break
Mar 22 – Mar 26
Downie 27 Mon, Mar 29
Lecture Assignment 4 Assigned
Fabaceae, Onagraceae & Euphorbiaceae
Downie 28 Wed, Mar 31
Private Life of Plants Video
"Branching Out"

Robertson 29 Fri, Apr 2 Introduction to Dispersal
Downie 30 Mon, Apr 5
Lecture Assignment 4 Due
Asclepiadaceae, Solanaceae, Oleaceae & Caprifoliaceae
Downie 31 Wed, Apr 7 Second Lecture Exam
Coverage: Lectures 17 – 30
Downie 32 Fri, Apr 9 Lamiaceae & Scrophulariaceae
Downie 33 Mon, Apr 12 Asteraceae
Robertson 34 Wed, Apr 14 Parasitic Plants and
Carnivorous Plants
Downie 35 Fri, Apr 16 Aceraceae & Apiaceae
Downie 36 Mon, Apr 19 Rosaceae
Downie 37 Wed, Apr 21 Historical Systematics
Downie 38 Fri, Apr 23
Lecture Assignment 5 Assigned
Monocots
Downie 39 Mon, Apr 26 Monocots (continued)
Downie 40 Wed, Apr 28 Origin of Angiosperms
Robertson 41 Fri, Apr 30 Biodiversity
Downie 42 Mon, May 3
Lecture Assignment 5 Due
Slide Review
Downie 43 Wed, May 5 Laboratory Slide Exam
Coverage: comprehensive
Final Lecture Exam
Comprehensive
Friday, May 7
1:30 – 4:30 AM
Depending upon class interest, there may be a lecture review prior to the final lecture exam


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