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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

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It reveals how a band of pioneers came to understand the mysteries of the plant kingdom and, in doing so, helped unlock the secrets of the natural world.

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