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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 with
Super-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
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