plant kingdom
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Related to plant kingdom: kingdom Plantae, Fungi kingdom
plant kingdom
a category of living organisms comprising all members of the kingdom Plantae. Plants lack locomotive movement, possess cell walls and have no obvious nervous or sensory organs. Most plant groups possess members withSuper-kingdom Procaryota | |
Kingdom Monera | |
Division Cyanophyta | Blue-green algae |
Division Bacteria (=Schizomycophyta) | Bacteria |
Super-kingdom Eucaryota | |
Kingdom Mycota | |
Division Myxomycota | Slime moulds |
Division Eumycota | True fungi |
Subdivision Mastigomycotina (=Phycomycetes [Part]) | |
Subdivision Zygomycotina (=Phycomycetes [Part]) | |
Subdivision Ascomycotina (=Ascomycetes [Part]) | |
Subdivision Basidiomycotina (=Basidomycetes) | |
Subdivision Deuteromycotina | Fungi imperfecti (including part of Ascomycetes) |
Kingdom Plantae (=Phyta) | |
Division Chlorophyta | Green algae |
Division Euglenophyta | (included in Flagellata by zoologists) |
Division Charophyta | Stoneworts and Brittleworts |
Division Phaeophyta | Brown algae |
Division Chrysophyta | Diatoms, Yellow-green and golden-brown algae |
Division Pyrrophyta | Fire algae |
Division Rhodophyta | Red algae |
Division Bryophyta | |
Class Hepaticae | Liverworts |
Class Anthocerotae | Hornworts |
Class Musci | Mosses |
Division Tracheophyta | |
Subdivision Psilopsida | Whisk fern. etc. |
Subdivision Lycopsida | Club mosses |
Subdivision Sphenopsida | Horsetails |
Subdivision Pteropsida | |
Class Filicinae | Ferns |
Class Gymnospermae | Conifers |
Class Angiospermae | Flowering plants |
Subclass Dicotyledonae | |
Subclass Monocotyledonae |
Collins Dictionary of Biology, 3rd ed. © W. G. Hale, V. A. Saunders, J. P. Margham 2005