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BOTANY
Colleges of Liberal Arts and Sciences
and Agriculture
 GRADUATE FACULTY 1984-85
Chairman: W. L. Stern. Graduate Coordinator: R. J.
Ferl. Graduate Research Professdrs: E. S. Deevey; I. K.
Vasil. Professors: H. C. Aldrich; D. S. Anthony (Emer-
itus); G. E. Bowes; J. S. Davis; J. J. Ewel; D. G. Griffin;
III; T. E. Humphreys; J. W. Kimbrough; J. T. Mullins;
H. L. Popenoe; L. Shanor; R. C. Smith; W. L. Stern;
D. B. Ward; N. H. Williams. Associate Professors: W. S.
Judd; T. W. Lucansky. Assistant Professors: R. J. Ferl;
F. E. Putz.
 The Department of Botany offers graduate work
leading to the degrees of Master of Science, Master of
Agriculture, Master of Science in Teaching, and Doc-
tor of Philosophy.
 Specific areas of specialization in botany include
anatomy/morphology with emphasis on tropical
ferns, aquatic and woody plants, and orchids;
bryology; development of seed plants, protoplast, cell
and tissue culture; ecology and environmental stud-
ies; cellular and molecular genetics; mycology with
emphasis on morphology, systematics, and develop-
ment; algology with emphasis on algae of brine
ponds; physiology and biochemistry with emphasis
on ion uptake, photosynthesis and photorespiration,
sugar metabolism and transport, hormonal control of
fungal reproduction and cell wall synthesis; system-
atics with emphasis on monographic and floristic
studies; tropical botany.
 For admission to graduate standing a student
should present credits equivalent to those required
for undergraduate majors in the department, namely
24 credits in botany, a course in genetics with labora-
tory, mathematics through differential calculus, one
year of college physics, and chemistry through or-
ganic. Those admitted without full equivalents of an
undergraduate major will be required to make up the
deficiencies by passing appropriate courses early in
their graduate programs. A reading knowledge of a
foreign language and credit for basic courses in
zoology and bacteriology are desirable. The program
of graduate study for each student will be determined
by a supervisory committee. No more than nine cred-
its of BOT 6905 may be used to satisfy the credit re-
quirements for a master's degree. Each student pursu-
ing the Ph.D. degree will be required to pass a written
departmental examination on designated major areas
of botany prior to the oral portion of the qualifying
examination.
 There are, in addition to the facilities of the Depart-
ment for graduate work, the following special re-
sources that may be utilized in support of graduate
student training and research: (1) the Florida Agricul-
tural Experiment Stations, (2) the Marine Sciences
Center on the Gulf of Mexico for studies in estuarine
and marine habitats, (3) the resources of the Welaka
Conservation Reserve, (4) the Center for Tropical Ag-
riculture, which can support studies in tropical and
subtropical areas, and (5) the Fairchild Tropical
Garden for research in the systematics, morphology
and anatomy, and economic botany of tropical plants.
 To provide additional educational opportunities for
our graduate students in the form of a botanical
garden research and training internship program, the
Department of Botany has entered into an arrange-
ment with the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens of
Sarasota. Under this arrangement students spend a


semester in Sarasota as part of a regular degree pro-
gram the academic portions of which are under the
control of faculty members of the Department of Bot-
any. The course of study is specifically designed by
agreement among the student, the student's graduate
adviser, and the Selby Gardens' Director of Research.
Students register for the Selby course under BOT 6905
for nine credit hours. Interns are provided with hous-
ing on the garden grounds and a per diem to help
with expenses. Interested students should com-
municate with the Department Chairman or Gradu-
ate Coordinator for further details.
BOT 5225C-Plant Anatomy (4) Prereq: BOT 2011Cor3303C
or consent of instructor. Origin, structure, and function of
principal tissues and organs of seed plants.
BOT 5285C-Plant Microtechnique (3) Prereq: one year of
college biology. Practice in methods of preparing, recording,
and illustrating plant materials for microscopic studies.
BOT 5405C-Algology (4) Prereq: BOT 2011C or 3303C or
consent of instructor. Algae, especially their structure, repro-
duction, growth, classification, and evolution. Emphasis on
Florida marine and fresh water species.
BOT 5435C-Introductory Mycology (4) Prereq: BOT 2011C
or 3303C. Fungi, with emphasis on comparative morphology.
BOT 5485C-Mosses and Liverworts (3) Prereq: BOT 2011C
or 3303C. Morphology of the major groups of bryophytes,
with emphasis on collection, identification, and ecology of
these plants in Florida.
BOT 5505C-Intermediate Plant Physiology (3) Prereq: BOT
3503, 3503L, and CHM 3200, 3200L, or equivalent. Funda-
mental physical and chemical processes underlying the wa-
ter relations, nutrition, metabolism, growth, and reproduc-
tion of higher plants.
BOT 5625-Plant Geography (2) Prereq: BOT 3153 or 5725C.
Geography of the floras and types of vegetation throughout
the world, with emphasis on problems in the distribution of
taxa, and the main factors influencing types of vegetation:
BOT 5685-Tropical Botany (10) Prereq: elementary
biology/botany; beginning course in plant systematics;
anatomy and morphology; consent of instructor. Study of
tropical plants utilizing the diverse habitats of South Florida
with emphasis on uses, anatomy and morphology, physi-
ology and ecology, and systematics of these plants. Field
trips and the Fairchild Tropical Garden will supplement lab-
oratory experiences.
BOT 5695--Ecosystems of Florida (3) Prereq: PCB 3043 or
equivalent and consent of instructor. Major ecosystems of
Florida in relation to environmental factors and man's rela-
tionship to them. Emphasis of all day Saturday field trips is
on field problems, techniques, and research.
BOT 5725C-Taxonomy of Vascular Plants (4) Prereq: BOT
2011C or 3303C or equivalent. Vascular plants, their classifi-
cation, gross morphology, and evolutionary relationships.
BOT 5755C-Biology of Ferns and Their Allies (3) Prereq:
BOT 3303C and 3153C or 5725C or consent of instructor. Liv-
ing and fossil representatives of ferns and other vascular
cryptogams, with emphasis on their structure, evolution, and
classification.
BOT 6256C-Plant Cytology (3) Prereq: MCB 4403 or equiva-
lent. Fundamental structures of plant cells, their functions,
reproduction, and relation to inheritance; recent research
and techniques.
BOT 6316C-Developmental Morphology of Flowering
Plants (3) Prereq: BOT 3303C. Developmental morphology
of the vegetative and reproductive organs of flowering
plants with particular emphasis on form and function as re-
vealed by recent experimental techniques.
BOT 6326C-Methods and Applications of Plant Cell and
Tissue Culture (3) Prereq: BOT 6316C. Laboratory techniques
for the culture of plant protoplasts, cells, tissues, and organs,
and their applications in the study of cellular differentiation,
development, genetics, and agriculture.
BOT 6346C-Biology and Taxonomy of Myxomycetes and
Phycomycetes (3) Prereq: BOT 5435C. Morphology, devel-
opment, and taxonomy of slime molds, water molds, and al-
lied taxa emphasized.
BOT 6446C--Biology and Taxonomy of the Basidiomycetes