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Outline

• I. Nuts and bolts - syllabus, etc.
• II. Major evolutionary trends
• III. Plant cells
• IV. Basic systematics
• Domains and kingdoms
• Species designations
• Terminology
• V. Life cycles

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Who cares about plants anyway?

• (and why??)

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Sustainable forestry?
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Land conversion
Agricultural intensification
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Global change - rising atmospheric CO2
Schlesinger 1997
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What do we get from plants?
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Fig. 1-10. A plant - basic parts
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Macroevolutionary steps
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Fig. 13-11. Endosymbiosis
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Mushroom - the smallest part of a fungus...
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Bracket fungus
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Lichens a mutualism between fungi and algae
(or cynobacteria).
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Macroevolutionary steps
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Fig. 1-9. Stomata
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Vascular tissue
Land colonization
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Diversification o f Angiosperms
Flowers, fruits
Seeds
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