BY506 Plant collection, Drying and Herbarium Techniques

8 ECTS - 3-0 Duration (T+A)- . Semester- 3 National Credit

Information

Code BY506
Name Plant collection, Drying and Herbarium Techniques
Term 2024-2025 Academic Year
Semester . Semester
Duration (T+A) 3-0 (T-A) (17 Week)
ECTS 8 ECTS
National Credit 3 National Credit
Teaching Language Türkçe
Level Yüksek Lisans Dersi
Type Normal
Mode of study Yüz Yüze Öğretim
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Course Goal / Objective

To teach the processes from collecting plant samples from the field to placing them in the herbarium and the related terms.

Course Content

Considerations in Plant Collection, Method of Collecting Specimens, Labeling and Pressing Systems for Specimens. Classification and Creation of Herbarium According to Plant Families, Latin Rules for Plant Family, Genus, Species, Subspecies Variety and Form Names, Meanings of Taxonomic Names in Plant Taxonomy Units.

Course Precondition

No

Resources

Forman, L., Bridson, D. The Herbarium Handbook, Kew 1989. Holmgren, P.K., Index Herbariorum, Utrecht 1974.

Notes

Leenhouts, P.W., A guide to the Practice of Herbarium Taxonomy, Utrecht 1968.


Course Learning Outcomes

Order Course Learning Outcomes
LO01 The student can collect plant samples from the field.
LO02 Can perform the procedures up to and including placing in the herbarium.
LO03 Learns and uses terms related to the subject.
LO04 Apply the information learned in the field and in the herbarium environment


Relation with Program Learning Outcome

Order Type Program Learning Outcomes Level
PLO01 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Based on the undergraduate level qualifications, develops and deepens the knowledge in the same or different field at the level of expertise and analyzes and interprets them using statistical methods. 4
PLO02 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Identifies the interdisciplinary interaction that the field is related to.
PLO03 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Interprets the knowledge gained in the field by integrating the information from different disciplines and creates new information.
PLO04 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal Carries out a study that requires expertise related to the field independently. 5
PLO05 Beceriler - Bilişsel, Uygulamalı Evaluates the knowledge and skills acquired at the level of expertise in the field with a critical approach and directs its learning. 4
PLO06 Yetkinlikler - Bağımsız Çalışabilme ve Sorumluluk Alabilme Yetkinliği Supports the current developments in the field and their studies with quantitative and qualitative data and transmits them both in the field and outside the field systematically in written, oral and visual form.
PLO07 Yetkinlikler - Öğrenme Yetkinliği It supervises the social, scientific, cultural and ethical values in the collection, interpretation, application and announcement stages of the data related to the field and teaches these values.
PLO08 Bilgi - Kuramsal, Olgusal The information they absorbed in the field; use problem solving and / or practical skills in interdisciplinary studies.
PLO09 Belirsiz It contributes to the solution of social, scientific, cultural and ethical problems encountered in the field and supports the development of these values.
PLO10 Belirsiz Develops new ideas and methods related to the field by using high level mental processes such as creative and critical thinking, problem solving and decision making.


Week Plan

Week Topic Preparation Methods
1 General information about herbarium and its features - Information about herbarium rules in the herbarium Lecture Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
2 How to collect plants and prepare them for examination - Collecting sample plants from the field, keeping a field book, pressing practices Lecture Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
3 General information about drying samples. Drying and numbering of collected samples. Lecture Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
4 Cleaning the samples from the bugles - Implementation of the stages of preparing the samples for entry into the herbarium Lecture Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
5 Preparing herbarium cartons and labels - Pasting and labeling the collected specimens on cartons Lecture Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
6 Introduction of specimens to the herbarium and organization of collections Lecture Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
7 Herbarium usage, Information on borrowing and lending specimens - Herbarium usage practices in plant identification Lecture Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
8 Mid-Term Exam Exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
9 Herbarium care, records, report keeping, herbarium dictionary - Collecting samples from the herbarium, keeping records Lecture Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
10 Botanical gardens and arboretums - Applications of plant specimen identification Lecture Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
11 History of herbarium in the world and in Turkey, plant collection, drying, pressing, identification, applications of turning into herbarium material and types of herbarium use Lecture Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
12 Latin spelling rules for plant family, genus, species, subspecies, variety and form names. Meanings of taxonomic names in plant taxonomy units. Lecture Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Anlatım
13 Collecting plant samples from the natural vegetation in the region Practice Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma
14 Identification and detection procedures of collected samples Practice Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma
15 Collected samples are prepared for the herbarium and added to the collection. Practice Öğretim Yöntemleri:
Gösteri, Gösterip Yaptırma
16 Term Exams Exam Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Yazılı Sınav
17 Term Exams Homework Ölçme Yöntemleri:
Ödev


Student Workload - ECTS

Works Number Time (Hour) Workload (Hour)
Course Related Works
Class Time (Exam weeks are excluded) 14 5 70
Out of Class Study (Preliminary Work, Practice) 7 12 84
Assesment Related Works
Homeworks, Projects, Others 2 12 24
Mid-term Exams (Written, Oral, etc.) 1 8 8
Final Exam 1 14 14
Total Workload (Hour) 200
Total Workload / 25 (h) 8,00
ECTS 8 ECTS

Update Time: 22.09.2024 11:34