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Grao en Bioloxía
 Subjects
  Introduction to Botany: General Botany
   Contents
Topic Sub-topic
Teoría: Introduction and general characteristics 1 Plants and related organisms in the tree of life. Evolutinary relationships and phylogeny. Characteristics and main groups.
2 Morphological organization of plants and related organisms. From talophyes to cormophytes.
3 Reproduction. Alternation of nuclear phases and generations. Biological cycles.
4 Systematics, nomenclature and taxonomy of plants and other related groups.
Teoría: Studied groups 5 Flowering plants. General characteristics and life cycle of seed plants.
6 Morphology and floral biology of seed plants.
7 Angiosperms (monocots and dicots) and gymnosperms.
8 The non-flowering plants. General characteristics of embriophytes. Vascular embriophytes. General characteristics and life cycle of pteridophytes.
9 Prevascular embriophytes. General characteristics and life cycle of bryophytes.
10 Cyanobacteria and eukaryotic algae.
11 Fungi and other heterotrophic organisms. Lichens and other symbiotic associations.
Teoría: Introduction to plant conservation and geobotany 12 Conservation of plant diversity. Threats and conservation strategies.
13 Geobotany as integrative science. The floristic kingdoms and major plant formations of the Earth.
Seminars 1 Diagrams and floral formulas. Identification keys (2h).
2 Seminar on vascular and prevascular plants (2h).
3 Life cycles of algae and fungi (2h).
4 Comparative studies of organisms (1h).
Lab sessions 1 Observation  of terrestrial plants in their natural environment. Collection and preservation methods.
2 Observation and description of dicotyledonous angiosperms.
3 Observation and Description of monocot angiosperms.
4 Observation and description of gymnosperms.
5 Observation and description of pteridophytes.
6 Observation and description of bryophytes.
7 Observation and description of macroscopic algae.
8 Observation and description of microscopic algae.
9 Observation and description of fungi.
Case studies 1 Collection, identification and conservation of two dicotyledonous angiosperms.
2 Collection, identification and conservation of two monocotyledonous angiosperms.
3 Collection, identification and conservation of two gymnosperms.
4 Collection, identification and conservation of ferns and moss.
5 Collection, identification and conservation of two different macroalgae division.
6 Collection, identification and preservation of higher fungi and lichen.
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