UNIT-I 
General characters of Angiosperms. Plant nomenclature and International Code of Botanical Nomenclature : Common names and scientific names, principles and rules; taxonomic ranks; type concept (Holotype, Isotype, Syntype, Paratype, Lectotype, Neotype and Topotype); principle of priority, aims and objectives of plant taxonomy. A brief account of Bentham and Hooker’s System of classification, its merits and demerits. 
                                                           UNIT-II 
Terminology pertaining to floral description. General account and diagnostic features of the following families (excluding economic importance) : Liliaceae : Asphodelus/AsparagusGramineae (Poaceae) : TriticumRanunculaceae : Ranunculus and  DelphiniumBrassicaceae : Brassica
                                                              UNIT-III 
General account and diagnostic features of the following families (excluding economic importance): Rutaceae : Citrus and MurrayaMalvaceae : HibiscusFabaceae : Lathyrus, Cassia and AcaciaUmbelliferae(Apiaceae) : Coriandrum
                                                              UNIT-IV 
General account and diagnostic features of the following families (excluding economic importance) : Compositae (Asteraceae) : Helianthus/Ageratum Asclepiadaceae : Calotropis Solanaceae : Solanum and PetuniaLabiatae (Lamiaceae) : Ocimum  Chenopodiaceae : Chenopodium