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Lecturer(s)
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Kučera Jan, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Manukjanová Alžběta, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Ekrt Libor, doc. RNDr. Ph.D.
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Štech Milan, doc. Ing. Ph.D.
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Course content
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Content of lectures: The course is the first part of a two-semester course of systematics for botanists. The KBO/139 course is the following part of the whole course. Evolution, phylogeny and the current classification of bryophytes and vascular plants, including the main extinct groups is presented. Emphasis is placed on evolutionary and ecological aspects, including the identification of the most important representatives and the practical use of plants. 1.-2. Introduction, methodology, 3.-4. Bryophytes - morphology, life cycle, ecology, current classification and phylogenetic relationship of Hepaticophyta, Anthocerophyta and Bryophyta, 5. Origin of land plants, first vascular plants ( Protracheophyta, Rhyniophyta, Zosterophyllophyta, Trimerophyta); fossil and recent lycopods (Lycopodiophyta), comparison of isosporic and heterosporic clades, 6. Monilophytes, fossil and recent sphenophytes (Equisetophyta) and eusporangiate ferns (Psilotopsida, Ophioglossidopsida, Marattiopsida), 7. Diversity and ecology of leptosporamgiate ferns (Polypodiopsida), 8. Seed plants and their ancestral groups (Progymnospermae, Lignophyta), seed origin (fossil Lyginopteridophyta), 9. Diversity and ecology of cycads (Cycadophyta) and ginkgos (Ginkgophyta), 10. History, diversity and current classification of conifers (Pinophyta, Cordaitophyta), diversity and phylogenetic relationships of gnetophytes (Gnetophyta). Fossil gymnosperm groups with uncertain position (Glossopteridaceae, Caytoniaceae, Cycadeoideophyta), 11. Introduction to the Angiosperms (Magnoliophyta), flower origin, plesiomormphic and apomorphic characters, current angiosperm classification, 12-13. Basal angiosperm lineages (Magnoliopsida). Content of practices: Explanation of morfology and anatomy of important groups. Identification of common plants (excursions).
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Monitoring, Demonstration, Excursion
- Field trip
- 4 hours per semester
- Preparation for credit
- 50 hours per semester
- Class attendance
- 65 hours per semester
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Learning outcomes
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Description, Phylogeny and recent clasification of all clades of higher plants, including also phylogenetically important fossil groups of pteridophytes and gymnosperms. Identification of common Central European Plants is required for the examination. The course is designed for botanists.
Students will gain extensive knowledge of systematics of bryophytes and vascular plants. Emphasis is placed on evolutionary and ecological aspects, as well as identification and practical use of plants.
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Prerequisites
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Basic high school knowledge from the botanical systematics, morphology and anatomy.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Combined exam
Attendance to the lectures (min. 75%).
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Recommended literature
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Briggs D. & Walters S. M. Plant Variation and Evolution, 4th ed.. Cambridge, 2016.
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Hísek K. & Deyl M. Naše květiny, 3rd ed.. Praha.
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Judd W. S., Campbell C. S., Kellog E. A., Stevens P. F. & Donoghue M. J. Plant Systematics: A Phylogenetic Approach, 4th ed.. Sinauer Associates, 2016.
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Mártonfi P. Systematika cievnatých rastlín, 4th ed.. Košice, 2013.
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Simpson M. G. Plant Systematics, 2nd ed.. Elsevier, 2010.
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Soltis D. S., Soltis P. S., Endress P. K. & Chase M. W. Phylogeny and Evolution of the Angiosperms. 2nd. The University of Chicago Press Books.
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