Transcript Plant Classification -a means of grouping plants according to their similarities Plant Classifications  Botanical Identifies plants according to their physical characteristics.

Plant
Classification
-a means of
grouping plants
according to their
similarities
Plant
Classifications

Botanical
Identifies plants
according to their
physical
characteristics
Plant
Classifications

Descriptive
System that
identifies plants by
their use and life
cycle
Botanical System
of Classification

7 Categories
Botanical System
of Classification
1. Kingdom
 2. Division or
Phylum
 3. Class
Subclass

Botanical System
of Classification
4.
 5.
 6.
 7.

Order
Family
Genus
Species
Botanical System
of Classification

Why do we need
this?
-clearly id’s plants
Universal
Crop Plants

Monocots and
Dicots
Monocots
1 cotyledon in a
seed
 Leaves with parallel
veins
 Vascular bundles
scattered
throughout

Monocots
Root System
composed of many
fibrous roots with
many hairs
 Flower parts in 3’s

Dicots
2 cotyledons in each
seed
 Leaves with network
of veins
 Vascular bundles
form ring outside of
stem

Dicots
Root system
composed of
primary tap root and
many hairs
 Flowers in 4’s or 5’s

Legumes
-a family of plants
whose seeds are
formed in fruit and
the fruits are formed
in pods
 Have ability to take
N from the air

Life Cycles

Annuals:
complete life cycle
in one season
Life Cycles
Summer Annuals
Planted in spring,
harvested in fall
 Winter Annuals
Planted in fall,
harvested in
following summer
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Life Cycles

Biennials
Complete life
cycle occurs over
two growing
seasons
Life Cycles

Perennials
Live year after
year