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SEMESTER-III

C0RE COURSE MSBO 305-5: (Taxonomy of Angiosperms and biosystematics)


Theory

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Lectures
Biosystematics: Principles,amis, steps in Biosystematic study, dynamic units 4T/W
1. of Biosystematics study (after Clausen 1951, Grant, 1981, Chung-I Wu,
2001), concept of ecotype (ecological races), cline and good species, role of
ecotype in speciation, methods in Biosystematics studies, ecotypic
variations and taxonomy; scope and limitations of Biosystematics studes.
2. Phenotypic plasticity and Epigenetics: concepts and role in adaptation,
speciation and conservaton.
3. Endemism: General concept,Distribution of endemic plant families in the
globe, Brief account on endemic and threatened Angiosperms taxa of india.
4. Biodiversity and Conservation: Inventorying and monitoring of
biodiversity, collection and assesment methods of different leves of
biodiversity; different consrevstion strategies; IUCN criteria and categories
of threatened plants .
5. Systematics of specially adaptive Angiosperms groups: Parasites,
mycoheterotrops,insectivorous plants and mangroves ; taxonomic
distribution, biogeography, eco-physiological attributes.
6. Plant Domestication: Vavilov concept, centre of plant domestication of
major crops; dispersal and distribution of major crops; causes and
consequences, primary and secondary genetic diversity and regulation of
domestication syndrome.
7. Morphometrics and statics in plant systematics: Concept on continuous
and discontinuous characters, mapping of morphological data,
measurement of continuous characyrts-traditional morphometrics, landmark
morphometrics, geometric morphometrics, ordination method to study
taxonomic relations, application in angiosperm taxonomy.

CORE COURSE MSBO 306-5: (Taxonomy of Angiosperms and Biosystematics)


Practical

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lecture
1. Study of intra- and inter-specific variation of angiosperms taxa (both from 8P/W
fresh and preserved specimens) from substances mentioned in theory
syllabus. Preparation of artificial keys.
2. Comparative studies of species/taxa to understand character polarisation,
apomorphy and plesiomorphy.
3. Applicstion of ICN rules in solving nomenclature problems.
4. Searching of the original materials and the protologue of the names of the
studied species and accurate typification.
5. Preparation of check lists using e-taxonomic resources.
6. Excursion to different phytogeographic regions to study floristic
compositions
7. Preparation of herbarium specimens following standard methods and
relevant documents.

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