BIO 2129 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Quercus Macrocarpa, Scrub Oak, Theodosius Dobzhansky
18 Oct 2016
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Many species have not much info on them. Systematics = science that names, classifies and determines the evolutionary relationships of living organisms. Taxonomy = consists of identifying, naming and classifying species. Biology is a comparative science, systematics give us the unites (species, families) and the means (classification, phylogeny) by which valid comparisons can be made. Sugar maple has opposite leaves, penny has alternating leaves. Image on penny looks more similar to sycamore tree. Canada television fund logo uses norway maple instead of canadian sugar maple. Many species i. e. acer laurinum is an evergreen fleshy maple. One of the greatest and most challenging of all human enterprises is to discover and understand the origins and diversity of life (aristotle"s method, paraphrased), first grasp the differences and attributes of organisms. Swede, named after plant, father named himself after tree. 8000 species, all known plants at the time, sent students all over the world to collect plants.
