Taxacom: Berlin course in floral morphology and systematics

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There are still some places available on this international course in floral morphology and angiosperm diversification in Berlin from 3 till 14 June 2024.
The course is open to anyone interested in botany and floral evolution or with an interest in plant systematics.

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Louis Ronse De Craene, Research Associate Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh

Julien Bachelier, Professor Freie Universität Berlin

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Berlin Summer Course in Flower Morphology and Angiosperm diversification
3-14 June 2024


This is the second version of a highly successful two-week workshop held in 2023. The course is based at the Biological Institute of the Freie Universität Berlin and the Berlin Botanical Garden, which offer extensive facilities, including functional microscopy laboratories and a huge plant collection of more than 20,000 species. The course is set up as lecture-based, laboratory taught, and interactive visits of the living collections.

FORMAT: 2-week workshop, lectures and hands-on practical sessions.

INTENDED AUDIENCE: Final year undergraduate students, PhD students, post-doctoral and advanced researchers, professionals (but no formal restriction). A basic knowledge of botany is preferred but not essential.
The course will run with a minimum of 8 and a maximum of 20 participants.

REGISTRATION FEE: €800 (€600 for Undergraduate and Master students)
 (Registration includes coffee breaks, daily lunches with snacks, and visits, but does not include travel and accommodation).

HOW TO APPLY AND SECURE A PLACE: Please contact Dr. Louis Ronse De Craene (l.ronsedecraene at gmail.com) to request an application form.

COURSE INSTRUCTORS AND CONTACT:
Dr. Louis Ronse De Craene, Research Associate Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh (l.ronsedecraene at gmail.com)
Prof. Julien Bachelier, Freie Universität Berlin (julien.bachelier at fu-berlin.de)

PROGRAMME:

Course Description and outline:
This short course will introduce students to the structure and development of flowers, with a focus on floral diversity and evolution and the significance of flowers for systematics. Major plant families will be identified within the framework of the main lineages of seed plants to understand their evolution and diversification. Additionally, students will learn to analyse, describe, and study the structure of inflorescences, flowers, and fruits, and based on their observations, to identify the main evolutionary patterns underlying their tremendous morphological diversity, as well as their potential pollination and dispersal mechanisms.

Course objectives and learning outcomes:
Through this course students will acquire the following skills:
- a guide to identifying plants using morphological characters in the context of the molecular classification system.
- a better understanding of the origin and evolution of floral structures, including their importance for classification, and of the main developmental patterns and evolutionary trends which underlie the tremendous diversity of reproductive structures.
- an ability to observe and recognise key characters through the study of live floral material and the building up of floral diagrams.

Course outline:
Daily activities will be in the following format:
9-12   Lecture, seminar and discussion of paper.
12-13 Lunch break
13-18 Plant collecting and observation.

Monday 3 June: Student presentations - introduction to morphology of vegetative structures and flowers, inflorescence and flower structure (floral diagrams and formulas).
Tuesday 4 June: Overview of major groups of flowering plants; major characteristics of Flowers and special attributes (phyllotaxis, aestivation, merism, symmetry, floral tubes and hypanthia).
Wednesday 5 June: Floral evolution from the ANITA grade to Mesangiosperms I
Thursday 6 June: Floral evolution from the ANITA grade to Mesangiosperms II
Friday 7 June: Monocot evolution: variations on a theme
Saturday 8 June: Basal eudicots and rise of the core eudicots
Sunday 9 June: Visit of the paleontological collections of the Museum of Natural Sciences
Monday 10 June:  Rosid diversification I
Tuesday 11 June: Rosid diversification II
Wednesday 12 June Rosid-Asterid transition
Thursday 13 June: Asterid diversification I
Friday 14 June: Asterid diversification II - Conclusions and wrap-up

Recommended Textbooks and Reading:
Please note that this list is not exhaustive, and that these books will be available in class:

  *   Endress, P.K. 1996. Diversity and evolutionary biology of tropical flowers. Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.
  *   Leins, P. & Erbar, C. 2010. Flower and fruit: morphology, ontogeny, phylogeny, function and ecology. Schweizerbart Science Publishers, Stuttgart.
  *   Ronse DeCraene LP. 2022. Floral Diagrams: An Aid to Understanding Flower Morphology and Evolution. 2nd Edition. Cambridge University Press.
  *   Simpson MG. 2019. Plant systematics. 3th Edition. Elsevier.
  *   Soltis DE, PS Soltis, PK Endress, MW Chase, S Manchester, W Judd, L Majure, E Mavrodiev. 2018. Phylogeny and evolution of angiosperms. Revised and updated edition.  Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.


Disability Accommodation and dietary restrictions:
If you have any special request due to any condition that may interfere with your access to the course, please let us know. Let us also know if you have any food allergies.

Who we are:
We are both experts in floral morphology and evolution. Louis has a strong expertise in the evolution of flowers within the framework of the most recent plant classification. He has developed a strong intuitive teaching method linking the understanding of floral evolution with the use of floral diagrams. He is particularly focused on developmental processes that influence the shape and diversity of flowers. Julien has a strong understanding of the origin of flowering plants and their relationship with other seed-plants by the study of early-diverging angiosperms and eudicots. He is especially interested in evolutionary processes underlying recurrent evolutionary convergences in structure and functions in plants, and the question of homology.
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