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I. Introduction
A. Name some plants.
(NOTE: Organisms will be covered in order from "familiar" to "unfamiliar"--
the reverse of the usual way in textbooks.)
II. The Kingdom Plantae (of Domain Eucarya)
A. Definition
1. Multicellular eukaryotic autotrophs
B. Other Characteristics
1. Photosynthesis using chlorophyll
2. Vascular or nonvascular
3. Reproduction by seeds or spores
a. Angiosperms or Gymnosperms
("enclosed seeds" or "naked seeds")
b. Spore producers
III. Some Representative Divisions (Phyla)
A1. Division Spermophyta
A2. Subdivision Angiospermae [Anthophyta]
1. Class Dicotyledonae
a. Dicots: oaks, peas, dandelions
2. Class Monocotyledonae
a. Monocots: grasses, tulips, palms
A3. Subdivision Gymnospermae [Coniferophyta]
3. Various Classes
a. Conifers (evergreens such as pine, fir,
spruce, hemlock, cedar, giant
redwoods, bristlecone pines), cycads,
ginkgoes
Seeds [before this line]
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No Seeds [after this line]
B. Division Pterophyta [Pteridophyta]
a. Ferns
C. Division Sphenophyta
a. Equisetum ("horsetail plant"; "scouring
rush")
D. Division Lycophyta [Lycopodiphyta]
a. Lycopodium ("ground pine"; "club moss"),
Selaginella ("spike moss")
E. Division Psilophyta [Psilotophyta]
a. Psilotum ("whisk fern")
Vascular [before this line]
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Nonvascular [after this line]
F. Division Bryophyta
a. Mosses, liverworts, related organisms
IV. Summary
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Prepared by Jerome A. Montvilo, Ph.D. for the use of his students.
Copyright © 2001- by Jerome A. Montvilo. All rights reserved.
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Last updated: January 13, 2004
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