BOTANY

Knowledge and understanding of the plant diversity through the study of the vegetal cell, the morphological and structural organization, the main physiological and functional aspects and reproductive mechanisms. Knowledge of the systematics of the main groups of algae, plants and fungi. Knowledge of the origins and main stages of development of the plants.

Lectures and laboratory practice. Should teaching be carried out in mixed mode or remotely, it may be necessary to introduce changes with respect to previous statements, in line with the programme planned and outlined in the syllabus.

Autotrophic prokaryotes - Cyanobacteria. Autotrophic eukaryotes - The plant cell (cell wall, plastids, vacuole). Reproduction in plants - Vegetative reproduction, sporogony, sexual reproduction, life cycles. Fungi - Morphology, reproduction and life cycles; general characteristics of Oomycota, Zygomicota, Ascomycota, Basidiomycota. Lichens. Plant and algae organization - Unicellular, colonial, multicellular, thallophytes, cormophytes. Thallophytes – The Algae: cell biology, morphology, reproduction and life cycles of Rhodophyta, Bacillariophyta, Phaeophyta, Chlorophyta. Bryophytes - morphology, reproduction, life cycle, general characteristics of Marchantiophyta, Bryophyta, Anthocerotophyta. Cormophytes - plant tissues: features, functions and location. Plant organs (root, stem, leaf) and their functions. The seedless vascular plants: morphology, reproduction and life cycles, general characteristics of Rhyniophyta, Lycophyta, Sphaenophyta, Pterophyta. Seed plants - General characteristics, male and female reproductive organs, flower and inflorescences, pollination, sexual reproduction, embryo, seed and fruit. Gymnosperms: life cycle, general characteristics of Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta, Coniferophyta, Gnetophyta. Angiosperms: life cycle.

Ray F. Evert, Susan E. Eichhorn. La biologia delle piante di Raven. Zanichelli.

Gabriella Pasqua, Giovanna Abbate, Cinzia Forni. Botanica generale e Diversità vegetale. Piccin.

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