Plantae ( Kingdom )

Plantae

"Multicellular eucaryotes and related unicellular forms. Principal mode of nutrition by photosynthesis, but a number of plants have secondarily lost this capacity. Their photosynthetic pigment is chlorophyll a with chlorophyll b and a number of carotenoids serving as accessory pigments. The cell walls contain cellulose as a matrix. They are primarily nonmotile organisms attached to a substrate. There is considerable differentiation of organs and tissues in the more specialized forms. Their reproduction is primarily sexual with alternating gametophytic and sporophytic phases; the former has been progressively reduced in the course of evolution. The plants have clearly evolved on at least three occasions; the red algae and brown algae have an origin separate from the rest."
Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers Inc., Stanford University, Peter H. Raven and Helena Curtis, ©1971
Taxonomic Hierarchy
Kingdom Plantae – Vegetal, plants
Direct Children:
Subkingdom Biliphyta
Subkingdom Viridaeplantae – green plants

References and Further Reading

  • Biology of Plants, Fourth Edition, Worth Publishers Inc., Stanford University, Peter H. Raven and Helena Curtis, ©1971
  • Plantae, Taxonomic Serial No.: 202422
  • No comments:

    Post a Comment