If you were going to write an unabridged textbook on botany, what would titles for the main chapters be?

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all real answers will look like a table of contents

answers 1 and 2; please stay focused.
http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Botany
http://www.springer.com/west/home/life+sci?SGWID=4-10027-22-92733646-detailsPage=ppmmedia%7Ctoc

http://www.huntertextbooks.com/biotoc.htm#lassetter

Answer 1

I've haven't covered it all yet, but in no particular order:

Dinosaur food-(Non-flowering plants)

Light Opera-(Photosynthesis)

Gender Benders-(The diverse physiology of sex)

Everybody does it-(pollination and seed distribution by animals)

Hitchhikers and drifters-(Mechanical seed and pollen distribution)

A Manual for a Quickie Divorce-(Plant toxins)

Mind Games (Psychotropic compounds)

Fashion through the ages (Fibers and dyes)

Appendix (Oops Plants ain't got 'em!)

ITS MY BOOK ISN'T IT?

I've only named a few chapters so far. Inspiration cannot be rushed. And, I removed my (Oh, So clever!) annotations.

BTW-I have serious issues with the wiki TOC- (Besides its being boring)

Fungi, bacteria are not plants. (SHUDDER).
Virus are not even considered alive (GASP).

And you think I'M UNFOCUSED!

Answer 2

1. Cyanobacteria
2. Algae
3. Ferns and Moss
4. Cyads, Ginko, and Gnetales
5. Gymnosperms
6. Angiosperms I: Monocots
7. Angiosperms II: Basal Eudicots
8. Angiosperms III: Eurosids
9: Angiosperms IV: Asterids
10. Angiosperms V: Sedges, Grasses, and Rushes


This of course has many flaws, I just pulled it off the top of my head, and many groups are missing. For help on the Angiosperm section, you should consult "Plant Systematics" by Simpson. I just finished a great course on the evolution of angiosperms, and that was the textbook we used. Of course, the professor was a genius too.

Answer 3

I'll give my quick and dirty answer for this. I have a few botany textbooks (you probably do as well). The best one is by Stern - "Plant Biology." He follows the evolutionary development of plants, chapter by chapter to introduce concepts. It made the book so much easier to understand.

Answer 4

main chapter.... WHY ?