Plant Kingdom Lecture Notes

SECTION I: INTRODUCTION TO BOTANY, PROKARYOTIC CELLS, EUKARYOTIC CELLS, PLANT CELLS, TISSUES, TISSUE SYSTEMS, AND ORGANS
Introduction to Botany
The Cell
The Plant Cell
Plant Tissues
Plant Tissue Systems
Plant Organs

SECTION II: PLANT STRUCTURE AND FUNCTION, ROOTS, STEMS, LEAVES, CONES, FLOWERS, FRUITS, AND SEEDS
Roots
Stems
Leaves
The Cone
The Flower
The Fruit

SECTION III: CLASSIFICATION AND PHYLOGENY OF VIRUSES, BACTERIA, ARCHAEA, SLIME MOLDS, ALGAE, PROTOZOANS, FUNGI, AND LICHENS
Taxonomy and Systematics
The Viruses, Viroids, and Prions
The Prokaryotes: Archaea and Bacteria
The Eukaryotes: Slime Molds, Algae, and Protozoans
The Eukaryotes: Fungi and Lichens

SECTION IV: CLASSIFICATION AND PHYLOGENY OF NONVASCULAR AND VASCULAR PLANTS
The Eukaryotes: Plants
Gymnosperms
Angiosperms
Monocotyledons
Dicotyledons