Postgraduate Course: Taxonomy and Plant Collections (PGBI11042)
Course Outline
| School | School of Biological Sciences |
College | College of Science and Engineering |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) | SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Availability | Not available to visiting students |
| SCQF Credits | 20 |
ECTS Credits | 10 |
| Summary | The aim of the taxonomy and plant collections course (herbarium taxonomy) is to understand its crucial role in plant biology and its power and elegance as a technique to study plant diversity. By the end of the course the student will have the experience of working in a large international herbarium and the curatorial and taxonomic skills required for a career in curation or research.
The course consists of an introduction followed by a series of broad topics which are prerequisites for herbarium taxonomy. After 8.5 days of preparation in a combination of practicals and lectures the students carry out a piece of original curation and make a short presentation at a seminar. The course culminates in a piece of original research called the mini-revision.
Following aspects are covered: Plant collecting, curation, nomenclature of wild and cultivated plants, taxonomy of cultivars, surveys and Monitoring (the production and use of taxonomic tools), monographs, floras, checklists, keys, and data bases.
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Entry Requirements (not applicable to Visiting Students)
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Other requirements | None |
| Additional Costs | none |
Course Delivery Information
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| Academic year 2017/18, Not available to visiting students (SS1)
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Quota: None |
| Course Start |
Semester 2 |
Timetable |
Timetable |
| Learning and Teaching activities (Further Info) |
Total Hours:
200
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Supervised Practical/Workshop/Studio Hours 50,
Programme Level Learning and Teaching Hours 4,
Directed Learning and Independent Learning Hours
146 )
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| Assessment (Further Info) |
Written Exam
0 %,
Coursework
100 %,
Practical Exam
0 %
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| Additional Information (Assessment) |
Assessment is through minor assignments and a flora writing exercise on a selected genus or group of genera, in semester 2, including an oral presentation. |
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Learning Outcomes
| The student will understand the crucial role of herbarium taxonomy in plant biology and the power and elegance of herbarium taxonomy as a technique to study plant diversity. By the end of the course the student will have had the unique experience of working in a large international herbarium and will have gained the basic curatorial and taxonomic skills required for a career in herbarium curation or research on plant systematics.
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Additional Information
| Graduate Attributes and Skills |
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| Additional Class Delivery Information |
The course will be taught as a block in weeks 2 through 6 of Block 3. |
| Keywords | Taxon & Plnt Coll |
Contacts
| Course organiser | Dr Louis Ronse De Craene
Tel: (0131) 248 2804
Email: l.ronsedecraene@rbge.ac.uk |
Course secretary | Miss Sarah Harvey
Tel: (0131 6)51 7052
Email: Sarah.Harvey@ed.ac.uk |
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