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BOTY403 Plant Diversity
Updated: 12 November 2009| Credit Points | 6 | ||||||||
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| Intensive School(s) |
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| Supervised Exam | There is a UNE Supervised Examination held at the end of the teaching period in which you are enrolled. | ||||||||
| Pre-requisites | candidature in a postgraduate award | ||||||||
| Co-requisites | None | ||||||||
| Restrictions | BOTY203 or BOTY211 or BOTY211A or BOTY411 or BOTY241 or BOTY341 | ||||||||
| Notes | offered off-campus in odd numbered years |
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| Combined Units |
BOTY203 - Plant Diversity |
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| Coordinator(s) | Jeremy Bruhl (jbruhl@une.edu.au) | ||||||||
| Unit Description |
This unit integrates lectures, practicals, fieldwork, a taxonomic review and plant collection to develop botanical skills relating to plant diversity, morphology and taxonomy. Principles and practices of identification, classification and naming of plants emphasise characteristically Australian plant families. The fundamental role of plant taxonomy and its importance to science and society is explored. |
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| Materials | Text information will be published prior to commencement of the teaching period. | ||||||||
| Disclaimer | Offer of some subjects is subject to viability. Information in these unit descriptions is subject to change prior to commencement of semester. |