Download Classification of Living Organisms Traditionally Regarded as Plants

Classification of Living Organisms Traditionally
Regarded as Plants
PROKARYOTES
KINGDOM MONERA
Bacteria, including cyanobacteria
EUKARYOTES
KINGDOM PROTISTA
ALGAE
Division Chlorophyta (green algae)
Division Phaeophyta ( brown algae)
Division Rhodophyta (red algae)
Division Chrysophota (diatoms and
golden-brown algae)
Division Pyrrophyta (dinoflagellates)
Division Euglenophyta (euglenoides)
HETEROTROPHIC PROTISTA
Division Oomycota (water molds)
Division Chyrridiomycota (chyrrids)
Division Acrasiomycota (cellular slime molds)
Division Myxomycota (plasmodial slime molds)
KINGDOM FUNGI
FUNGI
Division Zygomycota (bread molds)
Division Ascomycota (sac fungi)
Division Basidiomycota (club fungi)
KINGDOM PLANTAE
BRYOPHYTES
Division Bryophyta (bryophytes)
Class Muscopsida (mosses)
Class Anthocerotopsida (hornworts)
Class Hepaticopsida (liverworts)
VASCULAR PLANTS
SEEDLESS VASCULAR PLANTS
Division Psilophyta (whisk fern)
Division Lycophyta (lycophytes)
Division Sphenophyta (horsetails)
Division Pterophyta (ferns)
SEED PLANTS
Division Cycadophyta (cycads)
Division Ginkgophyta (ginkgo)
Division Coniferophyta (conifers)
Division Gnetophyta (gnetophytes;
vessel-containing gymnosperms)
Division Anthophyta (angiosperms;
flowering plants)
Class Dicotyledones (dicots)
Class Monocotyledones (monocots)
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PLANT TAXONOMIC CLASSIFICATION
Example: Gordon Apple
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Kingdom………………………………………………………………………Plantae
Division (Phylum)…………………………………………………………..Anthophyta – angiosperms; flowering plants, seeds borne in ovaries
Coniferophyta – cone bearing plants, seeds not borne in ovaries
Pterophyta – ferns, spore bearing plants
Class……………………………………………………………………….Dicotyledones - dicots
Monocotyledones – monocots
Sub-class…………………….. ………………………………………….Rosidae
Order……………………………………………………………………Rosales – groups of related families based on phylogenetic unity (fossil records, comparative anatomy, etc.)
Family…………………………………………………………………Rosaceae – grouped by similar genera, similarities in flowering; large families split into tribes, similar tribes split
into sub-families
Genus……………………………………………………………….Malus – generic name form, first part of Latin binomial naming system; comprises a group of obviously similar
species; usually related by reproductive organs and methods; can be further broken down into sub-genera
Species…………………………………………………………….domestica – specific epithet, second part of the Latin binomial naming system; refers an individual group;
groups typically do not cross sexually, sexual are usually sterile; sub-species are species separated
by environmental factors
Cultivar (cv.)……………………………………………………..Gordon – cultivated variety produced by horticultural techniques and breeding;
Variety (var.)……………………………………………………………. – tends to be a variation in the species; maybe only represented by something as simple as plant color
or growth habit
Genus x species ― x represents a hybrid cross between two different species ― can be naturally occurring or “man-made”
x Genus species ― x represents a hybrid cross between two different genera ― can be naturally occurring or “man-made”
Kingdom –
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Division Class –
Sub-Class –
Order –
Family –
Genus –
Species –
Cultivar –
Common Name –
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