Botany

The aim of the course is to provide a general view of cells, tissues, and body plan organization of the angiosperms. In order to understand the plant reproduction strategies, the ontogenetic cycles of plants will be analysed across the evolution. In addition, the course gives the principles and the instruments to carry out taxonomic studies in order to recognize the most important families of the italian Flora.

Students will be required to have good knowledge of cell organization in different plant tissues and to discern how plant tissues organize to form the organs in higher plants. They will also be able to carry out taxonomic analysis on plants in order to classify them into specific taxa.