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