Information Package / Course Catalogue
Bryophyte Flora of Turkey II: Liverworts and Hornworts
Course Code: BİO600
Course Type: Area Elective
Couse Group: Third Cycle (Doctorate Degree)
Education Language: Turkish
Work Placement: N/A
Theory: 2
Prt.: 2
Credit: 3
Lab: 0
ECTS: 8
Objectives of the Course

Introducing and adopting the importance of liverwort and hornwort, which are included in a small group of plants, which are included in the plants world; to emphasize the place and importance of liverwort and hornwort in bryophytes, to determine the general outlines of the liverwort's morphological, anatomical and reproductive characteristics; classification of liverwort and hornworts; determination of liverwort and hornworts.

Course Content

General characteristics of bryophytes; the place and importance of liverworts and hornworts in the plant kingdom; general features of liverwort – morphological, anatomical structures, physiology, ecology, reproduction and life cycles; general features of hornworts - morphology, anatomy and reproduction; classification of liverwort and hornworts - Marchantiopsida, Fossombroniopsida, Pallaviciniopsida, Pelliopsida, Jungermanniopsida; determination of liverwort and hornworts, applications will be made on the determination of liverwort and horn samples collected from the field.

Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes
1.Comprehends importance of liverwort and hornwort in the plant kingdom
2.To be able to learn general features of liverworts
3.To be able to learn General features of hornworts
4.Comprehends classification of liverworts and hornworts
5.To be able to identify liverworts and hornworts
Recommended or Required Reading
1.Erdağ A, Kürschner H (2017). Türkiye Bitkileri Listesi – Karayosunları. Ali Nihat Gökyiğit Vakfı Yayını. İstanbul.
2.Paton J (1999). The Liverworts Flora of the British Isles. England: Harley Books, Horkesley, Colchester, Essex CO6 4 AH.
3.Casas C, Brugués M, Cros R M, Sérgio C, Infante M (2009). Handbook of Liverworts and Hornworts of the Iberian Peninsula and The Balearic Islands. Spain: Institut d'Estudis Catalans.
4.Frahm JP (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of the Mediterranean. Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH.
5.Frahm JP (2010). Mosses and Liverworts of the Mediterranean. Norderstedt: Books on Demand GmbH.
6.Kürschner H, Frey W (2011). Liverworts, mosses and horn worts of Southwest Asia. (Marchantiophyta, Bryophyta, Anthocerotophyta). Nova Hedwigia 139: 1–240.
7.Smith AJE (1991). The Liverworts of Britain and Ireland. London: Cambridge Univ. Press.
8.Öğretim üyesinin derlediği ders notları
Weekly Detailed Course Contents
Week 1 - Theoretical
General features of bryophytes
Week 2 - Theoretical
The place and importance of liverwort and hornwort in the plant kingdom
Week 3 - Theoretical & Practice
General features of liverworts – morphological structures
Week 4 - Theoretical & Practice
General features of liverworts – anatomical structures
Week 5 - Theoretical & Practice
General features of liverworts – physiology
Week 6 - Theoretical & Practice
General features of liverworts – reproduction, life cycle
Week 7 - Theoretical & Practice
General features of liverworts – ecology
Week 8 - Theoretical
General features of hornworts – morphology, anatomy and reproduction
Week 9 - Theoretical & Practice
Anatomical similarity and differention among mosses, liverworts and hornworts
Week 10 - Theoretical & Practice
Classification of liverwort and hornwort
Week 11 - Theoretical & Practice
Classification of liverwort - Marchantiopsida
Week 12 - Theoretical & Practice
Classification of liverwort – Fossombroniopsida, Pallaviciniopsida, Pelliopsida
Week 13 - Theoretical & Practice
Classification of liverwort - Jungermanniopsida
Week 14 - Theoretical & Practice
Determination of liverwort and hornwort
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Type of AssessmentCountPercent
Midterm Examination1%30
Final Examination1%70
Workload Calculation
ActivitiesCountPreparationTimeTotal Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory144284
Lecture - Practice144284
Midterm Examination115217
Final Examination115217
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)202
Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes
PÇ-1
PÇ-2
PÇ-3
PÇ-4
PÇ-5
PÇ-6
PÇ-7
PÇ-8
PÇ-9
PÇ-10
PÇ-11
PÇ-12
PÇ-13
PÇ-14
OÇ-1
4
3
3
OÇ-2
4
4
3
OÇ-3
3
3
3
3
OÇ-4
3
3
3
3
OÇ-5
3
3
3
3
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2026