Topic for Week 2
Taxonomy and phylogeny
Calendar for Week 2
- Tuesday, June 7
- Conversion day – College follows Monday schedule.
- Readings for topic available.
- Wednesday, June 8
- Open lab from 10AM to 12 pm and 1 pm to 3 PM
- Thursday, June9
- Open lab from 10AM to 12 pm and 1 pm to 3 PM
- Sunday, June 12
- Quiz 2 due
Readings for Week 2
Cullen J. Practical Plant Identification.
Read the following chapters/sections:
- Pgs 5-50: “Examining the plant: a brief survey of plant structure and its associated terminology”
- Pgs 51-57: “Using the Keys”
Gledhill David. The Names of Plants. (pdf) Vol 4th ed. or Gledhill, David. The Names of Plants 
Vol 3rd ed.
Read the following:
- Pgs 25-45: The rules of botanical nomenclature
- Pgs 46-53: The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants
Ingrouille M, Eddie B. Plants : Diversity and Evolution. (pdf).
Read the following:
- Pgs 191-197: Chapter 5.1: The phylogeny of plants
- Pgs 197-223: Chapter 5.2: The non-flowering plants
- Pgs 223-251: Chapter 5.3: Class Magnoliopsida — flowering plants
Spencer R, Lumley PF, Cross R, Royal Botanic Gardens (Vic.). Plant Names : A Guide to Botanical Nomenclature.
Read the following:
- Pgs 5-42: Part 1 – Wild Plants
- Pgs 50-52: Principles of the Cultivated Plant Code & Cultigen classification
- Pgs 53:-57: Kinds of cultigen
- Pgs 58-61: Naming wild plants brought into cultivation
- Pgs 88-110: Part 3 – Using Plant Names
