Classification of plants

1. Classification of PlantsClassification of Plants

2. Plant Kingdom
Flowering
Plants
Non-flowering
Plants

3. FernsFernsMossesMosses
Non - flowering Plants
Do NOT produce flowers

4. A plant can be divided into 3 partsA plant can be divided into 3 parts

5. Examples of MossesExamples of Mosses

6. spores
Spore-producing capsule

7. ● No true roots, No vascular tissues (no transport)
Characteristics of MossesCharacteristics of Mosses
● Simple stems & leaves
● Have rhizoids for
anchorage
● Spores from capsules
(wind-dispersal)
● Damp terrestrial land
● Simplest plants

9. underground
stem
root
A leaf (finely
divided into
small parts)

11. ● roots, feathery leaves & underground stems
Characteristics of Ferns
● have vascular tissuesvascular tissues (transport & support)
● DampDamp & shadyshady
places
● Spore-producing Spore-producing
organorgan on the
underside of
leaves
(reproduction)

12. .. 2 groups2 groups
GymnospermsGymnosperms AngiospermsAngiosperms
Flowering
Plants
● roots, stems, leaves
● vascular tissues (transport)
● flowers, fruits (contain seeds)

14. needle-shaped leaves

15. Male cones
(in clusters)
Female cones
(scattered)

16. ● roots, woody stems
Characteristics of GymnospermsCharacteristics of Gymnosperms
● needle-shaped leaves
● tall evergreen trees
● cones with reproductive
structures
● dry places
● vascular tissues (transport)
● naked seeds in female cones.

17. ● Highly developed
● Flowering Plants
● Seeds inside ovary
2 TYPES
● MONOCOTYLEDONS
● DICOTYLEDONS

18. MonocotyledonsMonocotyledons
Parallel veins

19. ● one seed-leaf
Characteristics of MonocotyledonsCharacteristics of Monocotyledons
● leaves have parallel veins
● herbaceous plants
● e.g. grass, maize

20. DicotyledonsDicotyledons
Veins in network

21. ● two seed-leaves
Characteristics of DicotyledonsCharacteristics of Dicotyledons
● leaves have veins in network
● e.g. trees, sunflower, rose

22. Plant ClassificationPlant Classification
Non-flowering
Plants
Flowering
Spore-bearing
Naked seeds
No
roots
with
roots
MossesFerns
Gymnosperms
1 seed-
leaf
2 seed-
leaves
MonocotsDicots
Angiosperms