BIOLOGY 534

ADVANCED TAXONOMY OF FLOWERING PLANTS

DR. TED BRADLEY FALL 1999

Aug. 30 Class organization and how to press specimens

Sept. 11 field trip

13 Herbarium tour

18,19 field trip

20 Terminology of the Asteraceae

26 field trip

27 Critique of pressed specimens

Oct. 2,3 field trip

4 Terminology of the Poaceae

17 field trip

18 Terminology of the Juncaceae

23,24 field trip?

25 First fifty specimens due

30,31 field trip?

Nov. 1 Terminology to the Cyperaceae and identification of specimens

8 Identification of specimens

15 Second fifty specimens due

22 Identification of specimens

29 Third fifty specimens due

Dec. 6 Identification of specimens

15 Final fifty specimens due

Collection of 200 genera 200 points

Exam on collection 100 points

2 pts. per genus and species

2 pts. per family

Total = 300 points

A=93%, A-=90%, B+=88%, B=80%