Overview of Kingdom Plantae


Kingdom Plantae



  DIVISION
BRYOPHYTA
DIVISION TRACHEOPHYTA
CLASS
FILICOPSIDA
CLASS
CYCADOPSIDA
CLASS
GINKGOPSIDA
CLASS
CONIFEROPSIDA
CLASS
ANGIOSPERMAE
EXAMPLES Moss, liverwort Ferns Cycads Ginkgos
(Maiden hair trees)
Conifers
(pine, oak, cedar)
Flowering Plants
(rose, eucalypt, carrot, apple)
VASCULAR
OR
NON-
VASCULAR
Non-vascular Vascular Vascular Vascular Vascular Vascular
REPRODUCTION
BY SPORE
OR SEED
Spore Spore Seed Seed Seed in cone Seed in fruit
GYMNOSPERM
OR
ANGIOSPERM
- - Gymnosperm Gymnosperm Gymnosperm Angiosperm


Class Angiospermae (Flowering Plants)

CHARACTERISTIC MONOCOTYLEDONS DICOTYLEDONS
NUMBER OF COTYLEDONS OR SEED-LEAVES IN THE GERMINATED SEEDLING ONE TWO
NUMBER OF PARTS TO THE SEED ONE
(e.g. rice, wheat)
TWO
(e.g. pea, bean)
TYPE OF VEINS IN THE LEAF PARALLEL
(e.g. grass)
NETWORK
(e.g. rose)
STALK OR NO STALK NO STALK
(e.g. grass)
STALK
(e.g. rose)
TYPE OF ROOTS FIBROUS
(e.g. grass)
TAP ROOT AND LATERAL ROOTS
(e.g. carrot)
NUMBER OF PETALS IN THE FLOWER MULTIPLES OF 3
(3,6,9,12, etc) (e.g. iris)
NOT IN MULTIPLES OF 3
(1,2,4,5,7, etc) (e.g. daisy)