Botany For Degree Students Plant Ecology And Taxonomy B.Sc. Semester II

This textbook has been designed to meet the needs of BSc Second Semester students of Botany as per the UGC Choice Based Credit System (CBCS). It acquaints students with abiotic and biotic components of the ecosystem and their interactions at different levels. It also covers origin of angiosperms, their phylogeny and classification using various methods. While it provides strong conceptual understanding of the subject, it also helps in developing scientific outlook of the student.

Part I: Plant Ecology

1. Introduction to Plant Ecology

2. Ecological Factors

3.Ecological Adaptations

4. Biotic Community and Succession

5. Ecosystem: Structure and Function

6. Biosphere

7. Energy Flow in Ecosystem

8. Food Chain, Food Web and Ecological Pyramids

9. Nutrient Cycling-Biogeochemical Cycles

10. Major Biomes of the World

11. Land Resources and Forests of India

Part II: Plant Taxonomy

12. Introduction to Plant Taxonomy

13. Identification: Plant Collection and Preparation of Herbarium

14. Taxonomic Evidences

15. Taxonomic Hierarchy

16. Botanical Nomenclature

17.Classification

18.Biometrics, Numerical Taxonomy and Cladistics

Practical

1. Laboratory Methods

2. Plant Ecology Exercises

3. Ecological Anatomy

4. Epiphytes, Parasites and Insectivorous Plants

5. Soil Science

6. Preparing and Caring for a Herbarium Collection

7. System of Classification of Angiosperms

8. How to Describe an Angiospermic Plant

9. Glossary with Illustrations Structure of Angiosperms

10. Description of Angiospermic Plants in Semitechnical Language