Horticultural Plants

This subject is not offered in 2014.

120 hours

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This subject focuses on introducing plant types and morphology (roots, stems, leaves, flowers, inflorescences and fruits); plant habit and lifecycles; the International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi and plants (ICNAFP) and the International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated Plants (ICNCP); the use and application of plant recognition characters for identification; and the study of horticultural plants in groups based on habit, lifecycle and taxonomic approaches.

On completion of this subject students should be able to:

• identify, name and describe the main morphological features of stems, leaves, roots, flowers and fruits;
• describe a selection of plants commonly used in landscape horticulture;
• write and use plant names in accordance with international guidelines and accepted procedures;
• determine the floral formula for a species;
• use plant recognition characters to identify a plant using a taxonomic key.

3 x 40 min plant materials tests, each worth 15% of the final mark (45%) during semester, 1 x plant collection assignment (equivalent to 2000 words) (40%) end semester, 5 online quizzes during semester, each equivalent to 80 words and each worth 3% of the final mark (5 x 3 = 15%) during semester.

Melbourne School of Land and Environment 2012 The Burnley plant morphology resource manual, University of Melbourne

This subject is not available as a breadth subject.