Project Director

Van Horn, Gene

Department Examiner

Bell, Becky; Craddock, J. Hill; Wigal, Cecelia

Department

Dept. of Biological and Environmental Sciences

Publisher

University of Tennessee at Chattanooga

Place of Publication

Chattanooga (Tenn.)

Abstract

Many poisonous plants occur within Tennessee. These plants may have an evolutionary advantage over competing plants because of the presence of toxic secondary compounds. Consequently, plant species containing poisons may occur more frequently in advanced families than in primitive families. A list was compiled of those plants that occur in Tennessee that are known to be poisonous and these numbers were compared with the total number of species within both advanced and primitive families. Tennessee poisonous plants occur in higher percentages in those families that are primitive and moderately advanced than in those that are advanced.

Acknowledgments

This paper would not have been produced if not for my committee's guidance and assistance. They gave me a chance to prove that I could overcome my reputation of never finishing things that I start.My father also gave me the passion to learn as much as possible about the world of plants.

Degree

B. S.; An honors thesis submitted to the faculty of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga in partial fulfillment of the requirements of the degree of Bachelor of Science.

Date

8-2002

Subject

Poisonous plants--Tennessee--Composition; Plants--Evolution

Discipline

Plant Biology

Document Type

Theses

Extent

ii, 42 leaves

DCMI Type

Text

Language

English

Call Number

LB2369.5 .F748 2002

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