Botanica ambientale applicata

General Botany
The characteristics of living organisms, autotrophy and heterotrophy, the role of the plant in the biosphere. Principles of biological chemistry: chemical bonds, water, biological molecules and their characteristics. The theory of the cell. Prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells. Structure and functions of: biological membranes, system of endomembranes, cytoskeleton, microbodies. Mitochondria and respiration process. The plant cell: structure and function of plastids, vacuole and cell wall. Osmosis and cell enlargement. The nucleus and chromosomes. Cell cycle and growth by division. Tissues and tissue systems: meristematic and adult tissues. The primary body of the plant: organography and anatomy of the root and stem. Leaf morphology and anatomy. The secondary body of the plant: the cribro-vascular and subero-phelodermic changes, the secondary structure of the root and stem. Seed germination. Mention to the main physiological functions.
Systematic Botany
General classification of plants. Botanical nomenclature. Metagenetic cycles. Vegetative propagation and sexual reproduction. Notes on the main groups of cryptogams and their applications. Spermatophytes: Gymnosperms and Angiosperms. Outlines of the systematics of the Gymnosperms (Cycadophyta, Gingkophyta, Conipherophyta, Gnetophyta). Angiosperms: main differences between Monocotyledons and Dicotyledons. Main Angiosperm families of landscape and planning interest (Nimpheaceae, Magnoliaceae, Araceae, Liliaceae, Amaryllidaceae, Iridaceae, Orchidaceae, Poaceae, Ranunculaceae, Platanaceae, Caryophyllaceae, Amaranthaceae, Viscaceae, Vitaceae, Geraniaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Violaceae, Salicaceae, Fabaceae, Rosaceae, Ulmaceae, Celtidaceae, Cucurbitaceae, Fagaceae, Betulaceae, Juglandaceae, Brassicaceae, Capparaceae, Malvaceae, Tiliaceae, Rutaceae, Primulaceae, Cornaceae, Solanaceae, Apocinaceae, Oleaceae, Scrophulariaceae, Verbenaceae, Lamiaceae, Apiaceae, Asteraceae).