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 distribution
• investigate their evolutionary history
• consider their environmental adaptions