Taxonomy and its significance, principles and concepts in plant taxonomy. Construction and use of taxonomic keys. Experimental taxonomy with special emphasis on cytotaxonomy and chemotaxonomy. Sources of taxonomic data and methods of analysis. Artificial systems, natural systems phylogenetic system, binomial nomenclature, International rules of botanical nomenclature. General principles of classification of flowering plants. Some unconventional identification methods. Polyclave identification, computerized identification. Methods of describing a flowering plant, floral formulae, floral diagram, classification. 30hrs (T), 45hras (P), C