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Course: General Botany

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Course title General Botany
Course code CBG/OBOP
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Tutorial
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Traxmandlová Iva, RNDr. Ph.D.
  • Koutová Linda, Mgr.
Course content
1. Botany introduction. 2. Plant cell - part 1, cell structure 3. Plant cell - part 2, cell proceses 4. Histology 5. Introduction into the Plant Morphology. Root. 6. Stem 7. Bud. Leaf - part 1 8. Leaf - part 2 9. Flower morphology 10. Inflorescence. Pollination, germination. Embryogenesis. 11. Seed, fruit 12. Anatomy and morphology of mosses, ferns and gymnosperms. Ontological cycles. 13. Vegetative reproduction. Plant life forms. Biomes, biogeographical regions - introduction. Plant symbiosis. Laboratory courses: 1. Introduction (botanica literature, general description of the plant body, latin names, herbarium) 2. Mosses, Ferns and Gymnosperms(anatomical and morphological specifics) 3. Plant cell 4. Histology 1 (tissues) 5. Histology 2 (epidermis incl. trichomes, anatomical structure of different leaf types) 6. Vascular bundles and stele (structure and types of vasculare bundles and stele types) 7. Primary and secondary plant body (primary versus secondary anatomical structure of stem and root) 8. Root and stem morphology 9. Leaf morphology 10. Flower morphology, floral formulae and diagram 11. Inflorescence types, seed, embryology 12. Fruit types 13. Assessments

Learning activities and teaching methods
Laboratory work, Lecture with visual aids
  • Preparation for laboratory testing; outcome analysis (1-8) - 8 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 26 hours per semester
  • Practical training (number of hours) - 26 hours per semester
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 30 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
know plant cell structure at the upper secondary school level
know plant tissues at the upper secondary school level
know plant organ morphology at the upper secondary school level
know plant ontogenesis and reproduction at the upper secondary school level
know rules of plant system at the upper secondary school level
know terms used in the general biology at the upper secondary school level
Skills
know how to work with microscope and stereo microscope
specify aims, results and conclusion of own observation according to a task at the upper secondary school level
Competences
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
know plant cell structure
know primary and secondary plant body structure
know plant morphological structures used for plat determination
know different plant reproduction processes
know plant ontogenesis for different systematic groups
know generally used terms for plant body description, plant ecological function in ecosystem, phylogenetical and ecological relations
Skills
can read and write plant scientific names
can derive plant systematic group names both in Czech and scientific group names
can observe, determine and describe plant cell structures visible in the optical and electron microscope
can observe anatomical and morphological structures of primary and secondary plant body important for plant determination at the presented plant material
can determine and correctly name anatomical and morphological structures of primary and secondary plant body important for plant determination at the presented plant material
can characterise anatomical and morphological structures of primary and secondary plant body important for plant determination at the presented plant material and name their function and relation to similar but phylogenetically different structures
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture supplemented with a discussion
Laboratory work
Skills
Laboratory work
Skills demonstration
Individual study
Competences
Laboratory work
Individual study
assessment methods
Knowledge
Skills demonstration during practicum
Seminar work
Test
Skills
Skills demonstration during practicum
Test
Competences
Test
Skills demonstration during practicum
Recommended literature
  • Černohorský, Zdeněk. Základy rostlinné morfologie : Celostátní vysokoškolská učebnice. Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1967.
  • Slavíková, Zdeňka. Morfologie rostlin : Určeno pro posl. fak. přírodověd.. 1. [dotisk] 1. vyd. Praha : SPN, 1986.
  • Votrubová O. Anatomie rostlin. Praha, 1996.


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University of West Bohemia, date of update: 26.07.2024 23:53. Data created for academic year 2024/2025