Course Category:
Department Elective Course
Plant taxonomy is the science of plant classification. Systematics is the science of organisms’ diversity. It entails the discovery, description and interpretation of biological diversity. Plant taxonomy course is a systematic overview of the plant kingdom focusing on the classification and identification of unknown plant specimens. This course is designed to provide students with the basic understanding of the plant vegetative and reproductive terminology used in plant identification of the flowering plants. This course will introduce working knowledge and common recognition of the most common flowering plant families of Palestine and neighboring regions.