Plant Anatomy Lecture Sequence
and reading in Beck

Fall 2010

I. Overview of plant organization, growth, development

• structure of major vascular plant clades
• plant peculiarities
• basal land plant clades
• non-angiospermous seed plants
• angiosperms

II. Cell walls — Ch. 2, pp 28—32; 4

• infrastructure
• organization — why cells are so strong

III. Simple tissues — Ch. 2, pp 16—23

• parenchyma — structure, function, and potential
• collenchyma — function, structure, and where to find it
• sclerenchyma — distribution and kinds, functions, and important (and not so important) human uses

IV. Epidermis — where plant meets environment — Ch. 8

• cell types
• surfaces
• waxes, glands, and exudates

V. Xylem — Chs. 6; 11

• overall structure and cell types
• primary and secondary xylem
• qualities of wood

VI. Phloem — Ch. 12

• cell types
• primary and secondary phloem

VII. Meristems — Chs. 5; 9; 10

• apical meristems
  
• vascular cambium

VIII. Periderm — Ch. 13

• cell types, origin and growth

IX. Roots — Ch. 16

• infrastructure and growth
• kinds of roots

X. Stems — Ch. 7

• structure, growth, and organogenesis
• kinds of stems
• evolutionary development of stems

XI. Leaves — Ch. 17

• structure and growth
• evolutionary origin of leaves
• specialized leaves

XII. Secretory Structures — Ch. 15

XIII. Reproductive structures — Ch. 18

• sporophylls and strobili
• pteridophyte reproductive morphology
• variation in gymnosperm strobili
• flower development and vasculature

XIV. Sporogenesis — Ch. 18

• microsporogenesis, pollen, and microgametophytes
• megasporogenesis and megagametophytes

XV. Embryos and embryogenesis — Ch. 18

• structure and significance of embryo types

XVI. Seeds — Ch. 18

• structure, variation, and evolutionary origin

XVII. Fruits — Ch. 18

• general structure and adaptations

XVIII. Odd secondary growth — Ch. 14

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