Classification of Plants
Multicellular photosynthetic organisms with distinct developmental stages; cell walls made of cellulose; most are autotrophs or producers.
Plantae
A Latinized binomial name consisting of the genus and the specific epithet or species.
Scientific Name
A plant that completes its life cycle within one year or within one growing season
Annual
Organisms that lack plastids and photosynthetic pigments; absorb nutrients from living or dead organisms;
Fungi
The leaf of a fern plant
Frond
Multicellular organisms with advanced tissue differentiation and complex organ systems; able to move, respond quickly to stimuli; have a nervous system to coordinate responses; almost the only heterotrophs or consumers on
earth.
Animalia
A group of closely related organisms composed of one or more species.
Genus
A plant that has a life cycle of more than two growing seasons.
Perennial
A plant that retains its leaves all year.
Evergreen
A new frond developing on a pterophyte
Fiddlehead
A class of plants that includes the ferns, which are vascular plants that reproduce by spores rather than seed.
Pterophytes
A group of closely related organisms composed of one or more species.
Species
The time required for a seed to germinate, grow vegetatively, flower, and produce viable seed.
Life Cycle
A taxonomic class of plants that produce seeds that are not enclosed in an ovary.
Gymnosperm
A member of the subclass of flowering plants with embryos that have a single cotyledon, parallel veins, scattered vascular systems, and flowers in multiples of 3
Monocot
Plants with vascular systems consisting of xylem and phloem
Tracheophytes
A plant that has a characteristic distinguishing it from the other plants in the species but does not transfer that characteristic to its offspring through sexual reproduction.
Cultivar
Name 2 plants that are perennials
A taxonomic class of plants that have flowers and that have seeds enclosed in fruits
Angiosperm
A member of the subclass of flowering plants with embryos that have two cotyledons, or seed leaves, have flower parts in multiples of four or five, netted veins, broad leaves, and stems with vascular bundles organized in a ring or circular pattern.
Dicot
Nonvascular plants such as mosses and liverworts that tend to live in damp places and are limited in size due to the lack of conducting tissue.
Bryophytes
A cultivated plant within a species that shows a significant difference from other plants in the species
Variety
A plant that normally requires two growing seasons to produce flowers and seed before dying.
Biennial
A tree that loses its leaves in the fall
Deciduous
Single-celled microscopic organisms lacking membrane- bound nuclei and other membrane-bound organelles
Prokaryotae