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| Downie | 1 | Wed, Jan 21 | Course Mechanics and What is Systematics? |
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| Downie | 2 | Fri, Jan 23 | Vegetative Morphology |
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| Downie | 3 | Mon, Jan 26 | Vegetative Morphology (continued) |
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| Downie | 4 | Wed, Jan 28 | The Taxonomic Hierarchy |
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| Downie | 5 | Fri, Jan 30 | Nomenclature Lecture Assignment 1 Handed Out |
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| Downie | 6 | Mon, Feb 2 | Floral Terminology | |
| Downie | 7 | Wed, Feb 4 | Floral Terminology (continued) and Floral Formulas |
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| Downie | 8 | Fri, Feb 6 Lecture Assignment 1 Due Lecture Assignment 2 Handed Out |
Methods and Principles of Systematics Answers to Nomenclature Homework |
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| Downie | 9 | Mon, Feb 9 | Methods and Principles of Systematics (continued) and Fruits and Inflorescences (covered in lab only) |
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| Downie | 10 | Wed, Feb 11 | The Tallgrass Prairie |
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| Downie | 11 | Fri, Feb 13 | Magnoliaceae Default Conditions for Plants Objectives for Plant Families | |
| Downie | 12 | Mon, Feb 16 | Ranunculaceae & Papaveraceae (continued) | |
| Downie | 13 | Wed, Feb 18 Lecture Assignment 2 Due |
Molecular Systematics | |
| Downie | 14 | Fri, Feb 20 | Hamamelidaceae & Moraceae | |
| Downie | 15 | Mon, Feb 23 | Fagaceae & Betulaceae
Happy Presidents' Day |
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| Downie | 16 | Web, Feb 25 Lecture Assignment 3 Handed Out |
First Lecture Exam Coverage: Lectures 1 – 15 |
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| Downie | 17 | Fri, Feb 27 | Caryophyllid Clade Cactaceae Caryophyllaceae |
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| Downie | 18 | Mon, Mar 2 | Caryophyllid Clade (continued) Portulacaceae Polygonaceae |
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| Downie | 19 | Wed, Mar 4 Lecture Assignment 3 Due |
Breeding Systems | |
| Downie | 20 | Fri, Mar 6 | Preserving and Collecting Plants | |
| Downie | 21 | Mon, Mar 9 | Slide Review | |
| Downie | 22 | Wed, Mar 11 Lecture Assignment 4 Handed Out |
Laboratory Slide Exam Coverage: Labs 1 – 7 | |
| Downie | 23 | Fri, Mar 13 | Malvaceae, Cucurbitaceae & Brassicaceae | |
| Downie | 24 | Mon, Mar 16 | Ericaceae, Salicaceae & Violaceae | |
| Downie | 25 | Wed, Mar 18 | Pollination | |
| Downie | 26 | Fri, Mar 20 | Private Life of Plants Video "The Birds and the Bees" Happy St. Patrick's Day |
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| Spring Break
Mar 23 – Mar 27 |
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| Downie | 27 | Mon, Mar 30 | Fabaceae, Onagraceae & Euphorbiaceae | |
| Downie | 28 | Wed, Apr 1 Lecture Assignment 4 Due |
Introduction to Dispersal | |
| Downie | 29 | Fri, Apr 3 | Private Life of Plants Video "Branching Out" |
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| Downie | 30 | Mon, Apr 6 | Asclepiadaceae, Solanaceae, Oleaceae & Caprifoliaceae | |
| Downie | 31 | Wed, Apr 8 | Second Lecture Exam Coverage: Lectures 17 – 30 |
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| Downie | 32 | Fri, Apr 10 | Lamiaceae & Scrophulariaceae | |
| Downie | 33 | Mon, Apr 13 | Asteraceae
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| Downie | 34 | Wed, Apr 15 Lecture Assignment 5 Handed Out |
Parasitic Plants and Carnivorous Plants |
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| Downie | 35 | Fri, Apr 17 | Aceraceae & Apiaceae | |
| Downie | 36 | Mon, Apr 20 | Rosaceae | |
| Downie | 37 | Wed, Apr 22 | Historical Systematics |
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| Downie | 38 | Fri, Apr 24 | Monocots | |
| Downie | 39 | Mon, Apr 27 | Monocots (continued) | |
| Downie | 40 | Wed, Apr 29 Lecture Assignment 5 Due |
Biodiversity | |
| Downie | 41 | Fri, May 1 | Biodiversity | |
| Downie | 42 | Mon, May 4 | Slide Review | |
| Downie | 43 | Wed, May 6 | Laboratory Slide Exam Coverage: comprehensive | |
| Final Lecture Exam Comprehensive TBA 7:00 – 10:00 PM [evening] |
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