Transcript Plant Classification

Plant Classification
Botany: the study of plants
Ways Plants are Beneficial:
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Provide most of man's food
Release O2 needed by man and
animals
Plants are raw materials for
many manufactured goods
Plants are a source of beauty
Misconceptions:
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All green things are plants.
All plants are green.
All plants are autotrophic.
The Main Groupings of
Plant Phyla
Plant Divisions
Non-vasuclar
Moss
Liverworts
hornworts
Vascular without Seeds
ferns
wiskferns
ground pine
Vascular with Seeds
conifers
monocots
dicots
Non-vascular plants
Phylum Bryophyta
moss
liverwort
hornwort
Vascular plants without seeds
Phylum Psilophyta
whiskfern
Vascular plants without seeds
Phylum Lycophyta
Ground pines
Vascular plants without seeds
Phylum Sphenophyta
Horsetails
Vascular plants without seeds
Phylum Pterophyta
ferns
Vascular plants with seeds
Phylum Coniferophyta
Cone-bearing plants
Vascular plants with seeds
Phylum Cycadophyta
cycads
Vascular plants with seeds
Phylum Ginkgophyta
Ginkgo
Vascular plants with seeds
Phylum Anthophyta
angiosperms
Monocot
Dicot