Syllabus For The Subject ANGIOSPERM MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY AND MEDICINAL PLAN

UNIT - 01

ANGIOSPERM MORPHOLOGY - THE PLANT BODY - ROOT - TYPES, MODIFICATION - STEM

- MODIFICATIONS - AERIAL AND UNDERGROUND STEMS - LEAF - PHYLLOTAXY, SIMPLE

AND COMPOUND LEAVES - PARTS OF LEAVES - MODIFICATIONS OF LEAVES.

UNIT - 02

FLOWERS - INFLORESENCE TYPES - PARTS OF FLOWERS AND THEIR ARRANGEMENTS -

FRUITS - TYPES - SIMPLE, AGGREGATE, MULTIPLE FRUITS - FLESHY AND DRY FRUITS -

DISPERSAL OF FRUITS AND SEEDS - GERMINATION, TYPES.

UNIT - 03

TAXONOMY - PRINCIPLES OF PLANT CLASSIFICATION - IMPORTANCE OF

CLASSIFICATION - ARTIFICIAL, NATURAL PHYLOGENETIC SYSTEMS OF CLASSIFICATION

- HUTCHINSON.

UNIT - 04

STUDY OF CLASSIFICATION OF CRONQUIST, TACKTAJAN.

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BOTANICAL NOMENCLATURE; HISTORY ICBN - PRINCIPLE, CONCEPTS OF TAXON -

ATTITUDES - PRACTICAL NAMING OF PLANTS - NAMING BY COMPARISON, NAMING BY

MEANS OF KEYS.

UNIT - 06

USE OF FLORAS FOR IDENTIFICATION - AUTHOR CITATION.

UNIT - 07

PHYLOGENY OF ANGIOSPERMS - ORIGIN, EVOLUTION AND INTERRELATIONSHIPS

DICOTS AND MONOCOTS; PHYLOGENY OF RANALES, AMENTIFERAE, CENTROSPERMAE,

TUBIFLORAE AND HELOBIALES.

UNIT - 08

TYPE STUDY OF RANUNCULACEAE - MENISPERMACEAE - PORTULACACEAE -

TILIACEAE.

UNIT - 09

TYPE STUDY OF - GUTTIFERAE - VITACEAE - DROSERACEAE.

UNIT - 10

TYPE STUDY OF CACTACEAE - AIZOACEAE.

UNIT - 11

STUDY OF SAPOTACEAE -GENTIANACEAE - BORAGINACEAE - CUSCUTACEAE --

PEDALICCEAE - NYCTAGINACEAE - POLYGONACEA - ARISTOLOCHIACEAE -

LORANTHACEAE - CAURINIDAE - AMARYLLIDACEAE -- TYPHACEAE - CYPERACEAE -

ORCHIDACEAE.

Vinayaka Missions University,Directorate of Distance Education

Salem India

BACHELOR OF SCIENCE IN BOTANY

3 Yr.

ANGIOSPERM MORPHOLOGY, TAXONOMY AND MEDICINAL

PLANTS(1030331)

UNIT - 12

MEDICINAL PLANTS - ACONITE - ASHWAGANDHA - GINGER - ROUWOLFIA - TURMERIC -

WITHANIA - ASHOKA - CATECHU - BELLADONA - EUCALYPTUS - CLOVE - BLACK AND