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Part I : Principles and Practices of Plant Taxonomy

Chapter I : Introduction

Chapter II : Taxonomy and its Significance

Interrelationships with allied sciences; problems in taxonomy; opportunities.

Chater III : History of Classification

Period I. classifications based on habit; Period II. artificial systems based on numerical classifications; Period III. systems based on form relationships; Period IV. systems based on phylogeny; other contemporary systems.

Chapter IV : Principles of Taxonomy

Major categories of classification; minor categories of classification; infraspecific categories; morphological criteria.

Chapter V : Phylogenetic Considerations

Significance to taxonomy; diversity of phyletic concepts; contributions to phylogenetic knowledge; phylogeny and the higher categories.

Chapter VI : Current Systems of Classification

Bentham and Hooker; Engler and Prantl; Rendle; Wettstein; Pulle; Skottsberg; Bessey; Hallier; Hutchinson.

Chapter VII : The Geography of Vascular Plants

Genesis and evolution; geography and its relationship to plant distribution; vegetation areas of the earth; physiographic areas of North America; taxonomic significance of physiographic areas; phytogeography-static vs.dynamic; principles of dynamic geography; importance of phytogeography to taxonomy.

Chapter VIII : Biosystematics and Cytogenetics

Biosystematics and modern taxonomy; mechanics of evolution; biosystematic categories; methods in experimental taxonomy; importance to taxonomic research and interpretation; apomisix; limitations of cytogenetic criteria.

Chapter IX : Plant Nomenclature

Beginnings of organized nomenclature; codes of nomenclature-Paris, Rochester, Vienna, American; International Rules of Botanical Nomenclature; primary and other provisions of the Rules; units of classification.

Chapter X : Plant Identification

Taxonomic Literature; herbaria.

Chapter XI : Field and Herbarium Techniques

Collecting procedures; preparation of specimens; preservation of specimens; housing of bulky materials; herbarium cases; type specimens.

Chapter XII : Monographs and Revisions

Procedures.

Chapter XIII : Floristics

Types of floristic study; procedures.

Chapter XIV : Literature of Taxonomic Botany

General taxonomic indexes; world floras; regional floras and manuals; monographs and revisions; bibliographies, catalogues, and review serials; periodicals; glossaries and dictionaries; cultivated and economic plants; Maps and Cartography; miscellaneous reference works.

Part II : Selected Families of Vascular Plants

Introduction

Pteridophyta

Embryophyta Siphonogama

Cymnospermae

Angiospermae

Monocotyledoneae

Dicotyledoneae

Appendix I

Suggested syllabus for elementary course

Appendix II

Illustrated glossary of botanical terms