Overall objectives:

1 - Being able to recognize the main groups of fungi, plants (including mosses, ferns and seed plants).
2 - Being able to recognize the main endemic, native and exotic plants.
3 - Being able to relate the species to the habitat, being able to name and recognize plants cultivated or used by man of the same family or genus.
4 - Being able to recognize the main morphological aspects, as well as the etymology of the names and also the authors of the species and their nationalities.
5 - Know the main botanical authors related to the flora of the Madeira archipelago, as well as the main historical aspects of the visit to the archipelago of these botanists.

Syllabus:

1 - Introduction to Madeira flora, origin, evolution, endemicity, type of endemism, exotic flora.
2 - Biodiversity:
2.1 - Mycoflora.
2.2 - Lichen Flora.
2.3 - Bryophytic flora.
2.4 - Pteridophyta, ferns, their evolution and diversity in the Madeira archipelago.
2.5 - Spermatophyta, seed plants, main groups and evolutionary origin. Diversity.
2.5.1 - The gymnosperms (s.l.), main groups represented in the flora of Madeira, affinities with garden plants and others, cultivated plants.
2.5.2 - Angiosperms (s.l.), origin, main groups represented in the flora of Madeira, garden plants and cultivated plants, diversity in the main families: e.g. Lauraceae, Ranunculaceae, Papaveraceae, Brassicaceae, Fabaceae, Euphorbiaceae, Asteraceae, Labiatae, Poaceae.
3 - Historical aspects, main visiting botanists of the archipelago, nationality and reports.

Literature/Sources:

Calonge, F.D. & Menezes de Sequeira, M , 2011 , Cogumelos da Madeira. Guia para identificação das espécies mais frequentes , Direcção Regional do Ambiente, Madeira, Portugal
Jardim, R. & Menezes de Sequeira, M. , 2008 , Lista das plantas vasculares (Pteridophyta and Spermatophyta) , Direcção Regional do Ambiente da Madeira and Universidade dos Açores, Funchal and Angra do Heroísmo
Jardim, R. & Menezes de Sequeira, M. , 2008 , As Plantas Vasculares (Pteridophyta e Spermatophyta) dos Arquipélagos da Madeira e das Selvagens , Direcção Regional do Ambiente da Madeira and Universidade dos Açores, Funchal and Angra do Heroísmo
Menezes de Sequeira, M. & Hobohm, C. , 2014 , Madeira Islands. in Vascular Plants. Series: Plant and Vegetation , Springer-Verlag
Menezes de Sequeira, M., Capelo, J., Jardim, R. & Pupo, A. , 2013 , Comments on the Vascular Flora of Madeira: History, recent advances and relations with other Macaronesian archipelagos , Fundación Canaria Amurga-Maspalomas, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain.
Menezes, C. , 1914 , Flora do Arquipélago da Madeira (Phanerogamicas e Cryptogamicas Vasculares) , Typ.Bazar do Povo. Funchal
Monod, T. , 1990 , Conspectus Florae Salvagicae , Boletim do Museu Municipal do Funchal
Press, J. R. & Short, M. J. , 1994 , Flora of Madeira , The Natural History Museum. London.

Assesssment methods and criteria:

Classification Type: Quantitativa (0-20)

Evaluation Methodology:
The evaluation of the Curricular Unit comprises: 1 practice with a frequency of 35% of the final classification (is recoverable at the period of resource); 1 Theoretical frequency with a weight of 35% in the final classification (is recoverable at the period of resource); The assessment of identification/field notebook with a weight of 30% in the classification (not recoverable at the period of resource) Minimum grade of each component - 9,5 points.