Course: Phylogeny and Systematics of Higher Plants

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Course title Phylogeny and Systematics of Higher Plants
Course code BOT/SVP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Exercise
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Kitner Miloslav, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Majeský Luboš, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Vaculná Lucie, Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Vašut Radim Jan, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Trávníček Bohumil, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Hroneš Michal, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Hradílek Zbyněk, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Kobrlová Lucie, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Evolution (basic principles), phylogenetics and speciation process. Hierarchy of taxonomical units. Historical overview of development of the classification approaches (evolutionary, natural, artificial) and their most famous representatives. Evolutionary origin of higher plants, adaptation to terrestrial life, telome and stellar theory. Life cycle, its evolution and comparison among each evolutionary stage. Evolutionary relationships among main taxonomical groups of higher plants and their characteristics: bryophytes (Marchantiophyta, Anthocerotophyta, Bryophyta), ancient vascular plants (Rhyniophyta, Zosterophyllophyta, Trimerophyta), ferns (Lycopodiophyta, Equisetophyta, Psilotophyta, Polypodiophyta), progymnosperms (Progymnospermophyta), gymnosperms (Lyginopteridophyta, Cycadophyta, Cycadeoideophyta, Ginkgoophyta, Pinophyta, Gnetophyta), flowering plants (Magnoliophyta). Evoluční vztahy a systém v uvedených odděleních vyšších rostlin. Přehled a charakteristika významnějších zástupců (druhů) jednotlivých systematických skupin.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic)
Learning outcomes
Introduction to the field and the terms definition (systematics, taxonomy, classification, nomenclature); methods in Plant Systematics research.
Student should be able to (after attending the course): - explain main terms and methods in Plant Systematics - describe origin of classification systems of Vascular plants - resolve origin and evolution of major phylogenetic groups of Vascular Plants - classify major groups of higher palnts and their most important central-European represebntatives - identify common species of Vascular plants in Czechia
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Mark, Oral exam, Written exam

Exam: 1. writen test - knowledge in extent of the lectures 2. practical knowledge - a) discussion on the own herbarium collection (100 specimens), b) determination of the common plants species of the Czech republic
Recommended literature
  • Cronquist A. (1988). The evolution and systematics of flowering plants. Ed. 2.. New York.
  • Dahlgren R.T., Clifford H. T. et Yeo P. F. (1985). The families of the Monocotyledons: structure, evolution, and taxonomy. New York.
  • Hendrych R. (1977). Systém a evoluce vyšších rostlin. Praha.
  • Mártonfi, P. (2007). Systematika cievnatých rastlín. Košice.
  • Novák, F.A. (1972). Vyšší rostliny 1, 2. ČSAV, Praha.
  • Peciar, V., Červenka, M. et Hindák, F. (1984). Základy systému a evolúcie výtrasných rastlín. SNP Bratislava.
  • Simpson, M.G. (2006). Plant Systematics. Elsevier Academic Press, Amsterdam.
  • Smejkal, M. (1992). Systém a evoluce vyšších rostlin. - In: Rosypal S. et al.: Fylogeneze, systém a biologie organizmů p.205-350.. Praha.
  • Stewart W. N. et Rothwell G. W. (1993). Paleobotany and the evolution of plants, ed. 2.. Cambridge.
  • Štěpánková J. ed. Květena České republiky, 1.-8. díl, 1998-2010. Praha.
  • Tachtadžjan A. A. (1997). Diversity and classification of flowering plants. New York.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Science Study plan (Version): Biology and Environmental Education for Education (2021) Category: Ecology and environmental protection 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Summer