The botanist's eye Identifying the plants around you

Catherine Kleier

DVD - 2020

How can one learn to better see, and appreciate, the world of plants? Explore the most common plant families in North America, as well as some of the fascinating species within them. Along the way, learn the history of botanical science, tips and tricks botanists use to identify seemingly similar plants, and the myriad ways plants define what it means to be human.

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Subjects
Genres
Lectures
Educational films
Instructional films
Nonfiction films
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Published
Chantilly, VA : The Teaching Company [2020]
Language
English
Main Author
Catherine Kleier (lecturer)
Item Description
"The Great courses, Topic: Science ; Subtopic: Biology"--Cover.
"Course no. 9054"--Disc labels.
24 lectures lasting 30 minutes each.
Course guidebooks laid in each container. Guidebooks contain outlines for each 30 minute lecture.
Physical Description
4 videodiscs (approximately 720 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 course guidebook (iii, 244 pages ; illustrations ; 19 cm.)
Format
DVD.
ISBN
9781644650165
  • Disc 1.: Why learn the names of plants?
  • Before there were flowers
  • Plants are named like people
  • Organizing the huge diversity of plants
  • The language of botany
  • What the terms Monocot, dicot, and eudicot tell you
  • disc 2: Parts of three
  • Monocots: orchids, asparagus, and irises
  • Grassy monocots: grasses and relatives
  • Early eudicots: buttercups and poppies
  • Eudicots: crassula, euphorbs, and willows
  • Eudicots: peas and beans
  • disc 3: Rose eudicots: roses, mulberries, and elms
  • Eudicots: squashes, oaks, and birches
  • Eudicots: maples, cashews, and chocolate
  • Brassica eudicots: the mustards
  • Pink eudicots: pinks, cacti, and relatives
  • Heath and dogwood eudicots
  • disc 4: Gentian eudicots from milkweed to coffee
  • Tomato-type eudicots
  • Minty eudicots with liplike flowers
  • Sunflower eudicots: more than you think
  • Parsley eudicots: plants with umbels
  • Now you see plants.