BOT 823
Taxonomic Data Processing and Presentation
3
Course Description
Collection of plants; preparation of herbarium specimens; preparation of microscope slides.
Course Outline
Collection of plants; preparation of herbarium specimens; preparation of microscope slides; Geographical and morphological methods in presentation of data; literature mapping; tabulation; symbolic and graphical methods; Identification: keys; comparison with named materials; nomenclature; Use of methods of numerical taxonomy in construction of taxonomic groups; Relevance of taxonomy in plant identification and usage