Overview of Kingdom Plantae
| DIVISION BRYOPHYTA |
DIVISION TRACHEOPHYTA | |||||
| CLASS FILICOPSIDA |
CLASS CYCADOPSIDA |
CLASS GINKGOPSIDA |
CLASS CONIFEROPSIDA |
CLASS ANGIOSPERMAE |
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| 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) |