TAXONOMY OF ANGIOSPERMS AND PLANT ECOLOGY

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1. Introduction to Plant Taxonomy
1. What is Taxonomy?
2. Identification, Nomenclature and Classification
3. Concept of Systematics
2. Systems of Classification
1. What is Classification?
2. Different Systems of Classification
3. Artificial System of Classification by Linnaeus
4. Natural System of Classification by Bentham and Hooker's System
5. Phylogenetic Systems
3. Taxonomic Literature
1. Taxonomic Literature - Why?
4. Sources of Data for Plant Systematics
1. Sources of Data
2. Morphology
3. Anatomy
4. Cytology
5. Embryology
6. Phytochemistry
7. Molecular Biology
5. Botanical Nomenclature
1. ICBN
2. Binomial Nomenclature
3. Ranks and Ending of Taxa Names (Arts 1-5)
6. Study of Plant Families
1. Key to Families
2. Annonaceae
3. Meliaceae
4. Myrtaceae
5. Rubiaceae
6. Asclepiadaceae
7. Solanaceae
8. Euphorbiaceae
9. Amaryllidaceae
10. Classification of Dicotyledon
7. Computer in Taxonomy
1. History and Concept of Herbarium
2. Why e-Herbaria? - Need of Time
3. Data Bases: Concept and Need
4. Use of Computer in Plant Classification
8. Introduction to Ecology
1. Introduction
2. Concept of Ecology
3. Aspects of Ecology (Autecology and Synecology)
4. Importance of Ecology
5. Ecosystem and its Components
6. Food Chain - Who eats Whom?
7. Food Web
8. Ecological Pyramids
9. Ecological Grouping of the Plants
1. Introduction
2. Schimper's Classification
3. Hydrophytes
4. Mesophytes
5. Xerophytes
6. Halophytes

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