Specialization: zoologist
Subject leader (e-mail): Dr. Cserhalmi Dániel ([Click to see email])
Participating teachers: Dr. Péli Evelin, Dr. Házi Judit, Dr. Kutszegi Gergely József
The main goal of the course is to provide the fundamentals of botanical disciplines for zoologist students. The course starts with an introduction to plant anatomy covering the essence of cytology and histology and emphasizing plant morphology to help understand plant taxonomy. In the second part of the semester the course introduces the essence of plant physiology, followed by a short introduction of taxonomy, including the most important fungal and lichen species, followed by algae, bryophytes, ferns and gymnosperms.
Literature
Mandatory: Lecture notes, Lecture slides
Recommended:
James D. Mauseth: Botany – an introduction top lant biology, Jones & Bartlett Learning; 4th edition, 2008
Julius Sachs: A text-book of botany, Cambridge University Press, 2012
Peter H. Raven: Biology of plants,, W.H. Freeman, 2013