Botany hons syllabus paper 3

 Botany Hons Syllabus part 2, paper 3, Bihar University ( brabu), Muzaffarpur 

Time: 3 hours 

Ten questions to be set four from group A and six from group B, 5 to be answered to from group A and three from group B.

Group - A

GYMNOSPERMS

1. Comparative study of the morphological, anatomical, embryological features, economic importance and affinities of Gymnoperms with reference to the following taxa.

Pinus, Taxas and Gnetum

2. Fossils - Definition,  conditions for fossilization,  modes of preservation.

3. Type - Lyginopteris and Cycadeoidea.

Group - B

ANGIOSPERMS

1. Principles of plant taxonomy and a knowledge of classifications of parts as proposed by Linnaeus, Bentham and Hooker, Engler and Pranti, and Hutchinson.

2. International code of botanical nomenclature and its applications.

 Modern trends in plant taxonomy with reference to embryology, cytology and phytochemistry.

3. A comparative accountant diagnostic features floral range and relationship of the following families:

Ranunculaceae,

Annonaceae,

Nyctaginaceae,

Apocyanaceae,

Polygonaceae,

Caryophyllaceae,

Euphorbiaceae,

Cucurbitaceae,

Verbenaceae,

Borginaceae,

Laminaceae,

Scrophulariaceae,

Acanthaceae,

Commelinaceae,

Cyperaceae,

Poaceae,

Orchidaceae.

4. Mendelian principles and its modification.

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