UNIT-1 : INTRODUCTION TO SYSTMATICS
BOTANY 4TH SEMESTER PLANT SYSTEMATICS Unit 1 : Significance of Plant systematics ...........02 Unit 2 : Botanical nomenclature ...................…..16 Unit 3 : Systems of classification ……………….22 Unit 4 : Numerical taxonomy and cladistics ......33 Unit 5 : Phylogeny of Angiosperms .....................37 Unit 6 : Angiospermic Families ..……………….45 Unit 1 : Significance of Plant systematics Introduction to systematics; Plant identification, Classification, Nomenclature. Evidences frompalynology, cytology, phytochemistry and molecular data. Functions and importance of Herbarium; Important herbaria and botanical gardens of the world and India; Virtual herbarium;E-flora; Concept of taxa (family, genus, species); Categories and taxonomic hierarchy. INTRODUCTION TO SYSTEMATICS Plant systematics generally refers to the field that provide scientific name for organism describe them presreve collection of them provides classification for the organism data on their...