| Course title | Phylogeny and Systematics of Higher Plants |
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| Course code | BOT/SVPR |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 2 |
| 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) |
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| Course content |
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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.
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
| Lecture, Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Projection (static, dynamic) |
| Learning outcomes |
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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 |
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unspecified
BOT/SVCVO ----- or ----- BOT/SVCVU |
| Assessment methods and criteria |
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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 |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester |
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