Botany

The course aims to provide basic information on the organization of higher plants (Spermatophytes) by referring to the peculiarities of plant cells and the specific characteristics that allow different types of tissues to be distinguished and how these are organized to form plant organs . The course aims to analyze the reproductive cycles of the main land plant divisions by retracing the evolutionary steps that led to the passage of plants from a simple body organization (in which no specialized tissues and organs can be distinguished) to the more specialized organization of "vascular" plants.

At the end of the use of this teaching, the student must have understood the main foundations of structural, evolutionary and reproductive biology of plants, the concept of species and biodiversity. The student will develop skills related to the plurality of characters (morphological, structural, molecular), of the adaptations that plants have faced in their evolutionary history, of the ability to colonize terrestrial environments, and relate them to a phylogenetic approach.