Perception and ordination of plant biodiversity in a taxonomic hierarchy. Identification of the more significant morphological characters of the vascular plants for systematic purposes. Learning on the main morpho-structural differences of the plant organisms in relation to their adaptations to different environment types. Recognition of the most representative plant species of the in Italy. They will be able to recognize the most representative species of the main plant communities of the Italian landscape. The acquisition of techniques and methodologies to sample and identify plant species and to set up herbarium samples.
teacher profile teaching materials
Laboratory activities on the use of dichotomous keys, and exploration of the plant biodiversity by analysing spontaneous species for officinal and food use. Didactic excursions within Rome city and Lazio.
Judd, Campbell, Kellogg, Stevens, Donoghue. Botanica sistematica. Un approccio filogenetico. PICCIN
Pasqua, Abbate, Forni. Botanica generale e Diversità vegetale. PICCIN
The teacher receives Mon, Wed, Fri from 12.00 to 13.00 by appointment via email: simona.ceschin@uniroma3.it
In the event of a health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions governing the methods for carrying out the student assessment will be received.
Programme
Plant biodiversity: importance of its knowledge and its multiple uses. Systematics, taxonomic criteria and categories, nomenclature rules. Illustration of the main techniques of sampling, collection and identification of vascular plants. Methods for the preparation of herbarium samples. Analyses of the main characters with taxonomic value: roots, stem, leaves, flowers, pollen, fruits, seeds. General and systematic characters of ancestral and fossil Pteridophytes, actual Pteridophytes, Gimnospermae, Angiosperms-Dicotyledons, Angiosperms-Monocotyledons. Main morpho-structural differences of plant organisms in relation to their adaptations to different environment types (mountain, coast, dune, lake, river, rock, wall, city). Definition of the most representative and dominant species of the main plant communities of the Italian landscape.Laboratory activities on the use of dichotomous keys, and exploration of the plant biodiversity by analysing spontaneous species for officinal and food use. Didactic excursions within Rome city and Lazio.
Core Documentation
Pdfs of the lessons performed during the course and the using of the following books:Judd, Campbell, Kellogg, Stevens, Donoghue. Botanica sistematica. Un approccio filogenetico. PICCIN
Pasqua, Abbate, Forni. Botanica generale e Diversità vegetale. PICCIN
The teacher receives Mon, Wed, Fri from 12.00 to 13.00 by appointment via email: simona.ceschin@uniroma3.it
In the event of a health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions governing the methods for carrying out the student assessment will be received.
Reference Bibliography
Consultation of key dichotomous of the Flora d’Italia. Edagricole (Pignatti et al., 2017-2019) (for identification and deepening on plant species).Type of delivery of the course
The course will take place with classroom lectures, delivered in mixed modality, providing the possibility for students enrolled in the course to participate from home. I n the event of an extension of the health emergency from COVID-19, they will receive all the provisions that regulate the methods for carrying out the educational activities. In particular, the following methods are applied: conducting frontal lessons through mixed mode using the Microsoft Teams platform to transmit lessons to students attending from home and uploading the ppt of the lessons and other material useful for teaching purposes in the platform identified by the University such as Moodle. The Lessons cannot be recorded. Practical exercises in the laboratory and excursions are planned.Attendance
Frequency at lessons, exercise in laboratory and field trips is not mandatory even if highly recommendedType of evaluation
Oral test consisting of: illustration to the teacher of a scientific herbarium prepared by the student identification of plant samples and discussion of the main diagnostic features questions on topics developed during the course and discuss in class In the event of a health emergency from COVID-19, all the provisions governing the methods for carrying out the student assessment will be received.