PLANT TAXONOMY
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Plant Diversity
Five Kingdom System
Kingdom
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Monera
Protista
Planta
Fungi
Animalia
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Protista
Monera
Kingdom Monera
Contains the bacteria and cyanobacteria
The only kingdom in which the cells are
prokaryotic
Recent trend to split into two kingdoms
Eubacteria
Archebacteria
Kingdom Protista
Unicellular and simple multicellular
organisms
Plant-like protists - all the algae
Fungal-like protists - slime molds and
water molds
Animal-like protists - protozoa
Kingdom Planta
Land plants
Autotrophic manufacturing food through
photosynthesis
Mosses, Ferns and Fern-allies,
Gymnosperms, and Angiosperms
Kingdom Fungi
Heterotrophic - cannot make their own
food and rely on external sources of
nutrition
The fungi, from molds to mushrooms,
are absorptive heterotrophs,
secreting enzymes into their
surroundings that break down food
which is then absorbed
Kingdom Animalia
Heterotrophic - cannot make their own
food and rely on external sources of
nutrition
Animals, from primitive sponges to highly
evolved mammals, are ingestive
heterotrophs, engulfing their food and
digesting it internally
Organisms traditionally
studied by botanists
Found in four of the five kingdoms
Monera - blue-green algae
Protista - all the other algae
Plantae - all the land plants
Fungi - all the fungi
Kingdom Monera
Cyanobacteria - blue green algae
Photosynthetic, prokaryotic organisms
Found in oceans, fresh water, and terrestrial
environments
Used as a food source: Nostoc, Spirulina (since
ancient times - today high protein additive)
Microscopic unicells, filaments, and colonies
First appeared in fossil record 3.5 billion yrs ago
Toxins can cause problems during blooms
Nostoc
Oscillatoria
Kingdom Protista
Six divisions of algae:
Division
Division
Division
Division
Division
Division
Pyrrophyta - dinoflagellates
Chrysophyta - diatoms
Euglenophyta - euglenoids
Chlorophyta - green algae
Rhodophyta - red algae
Phaeophyta - brown algae
Two divisions of fungi
Dinoflagellates
Unicellular algae covered with cellulose
plates giving an armored appearance
Important to the food chain in marine
and fresh water
Some marine species cause Red Tides
Population explosion
Color the water red
Produce a powerful toxin
Pfiesteria newly recognized problem
Dinoflagellates
Diatoms & Golden Brown
Algae
Diatoms abundant
and important
economically
Important to the
food chain in marine
and fresh water
Unicells with siliconbased wall with
pits, grooves
Diatomaceous earth
Walls of the dead diatoms used
commercially
Deposits from past geological ages are
known as diatomaceous earth
Uses of diatomaceous earth
polishing agent in silver polish
filter in wine and petroleum industries
soil additive to discourage some garden pests
Green Algae
Contains many morphological types
Abundant and diverse in fresh water
Play a significant role in aquatic food
chains
Seasonal blooms of green algae are often
noticeable in ponds and lakes
Gave rise to the land plants over 400
million yrs ago
Red Alage
Seaweeds - large multicellular marine
algae occurring in coastal waters often
attached to rocks
Highly branched filaments with a
feathery appearance or sheet-like
Many used as a food source
Carrageenan and agar: cell wall
carbohydrates used as stabilizing agents
Products from red algae
Carrageenan used in ice cream,
pudding, cottage cheese, toothpaste,
lotions, and paints - imparts a creamy
texture
Agar used in a variety of commercial
products - most important use is as a
solidifying agent in culture media used in
to grow bacteria, fungi, and for plant
tissue culture
Brown Algae
Seaweeds - large multicellular marine algae
occurring in coastal waters often attached to
rocks
Huge kelps form extensive underwater
"forests" off the California coast - among the
largest plants on Earth
Rockweeds commonly found in the intertidal
zone in coastal areas - east coast and west
Complex form: holdfast, stipe, and blade
KELP - common
name for several
brown seaweeds
Products from brown algae
Some used directly as a food source
Alginic acids (alginates)
Used in the treatment of latex during tire
manufacturing
binding agent for charcoal briquettes
confections, ice cream and other products
where it acts similarly to carrageenan
Seaweed in our diet
Red and brown seaweeds have long history a
source of food, especially in the Orient
Over 100 species of marine algae are eaten in
one form or another
Some favorite red seaweeds are dulse
(Rhodymenia) and nori (Porphyra)
Porphyra used by more cultures than any other
seaweed, has a long history of food use dating
back to the year 533 - cultivation since 1600s
Algal Bloom
Kingdom Planta
10 divisions of plants
can group these into 4 groups
mosses and liverworts ( one division)
ferns and fern-allies (four divisions)
gymnosperms (four divisions)
angiosperms (one division)
Bryophytes: mosses &
liverworts
Small plants, no vascular tissue
Reproduce by spores formed in a sporangium
Dominant generation is the gametophyte with
the sporophyte short-lived
Restricted to moist environments
Sphagnum (peat moss) grows in acid water
and used as a soil additive and fuel
Moss
Liverwort
Lower Vascular Plants:
Ferns and fern-allies
Reproduce by spores formed in a
sporangium
Long fossil history
Four divisions
whisk ferns
club mosses
horsetails
ferns
Psilotum or whisk
ferns - very
primitive plant
that resembles first
land plants that
existed 400 million
years ago
No leaves or roots only a branched
stem
Club Moss
Horsetails (Equisetum)
Ferns - About 10,000
species exist from
tropics to arctic.
Typically ferns have
compound leaves.
Gymnosperms
Vascular plants, many are large - include
largest organisms on Earth
Reproduce by seeds
Dominant sporophyte, gametophytes are
microscopic
Long fossil history
Four divisions of living gymnosperms
Gymnosperms
Division
Division
Division
Division
Coniferophyta - Conifers
Ginkgophyta - Ginkgo
Cycadophyta - Cycads
Gnetophyta - Ephedra and allies
Leaves of a Ginkgo tree
Conifers
Includes the biggest, tallest, and oldest living
organisms
Separate male and female cones
Seed produces in female cones
Pollen produced in male cones
Economically important for lumber and paper
Pine (Pinaceae) and cedar (Cupressaceae)
are the two largest families
Redwood trees are the largest
organisms on Earth
Angiosperms
Flowering plants
Most widespread
vegetation on Earth
today
Greatest economic
use
Fungi
Generally have a thread-like body
Hypha - single filament or thread
Mycelium - all the hyphae of a colony
Reproduce by spores - usually airborne
Fungal-like organisms in Kingdom Protista
True fungi in the Kingdom Fungi
Fungal-like organisms in
Kingdom Protista
Slime molds
Slimy (animal-like) feeding stage
Reproduce by spores
Water molds
Many in fresh water others on land
Important plant pathogens in this group
Kingdom Fungi
Includes yeasts, molds, mildews and
other microfungi
Also includes mushrooms, bracket fungi,
puffballs, and other macrofungi
Fungi
Include many plant pathogens
Majority are saprobic and recycle organic
material
Fungi include molds and mushrooms
Summary
Living organisms are classified into five
kingdoms: Monera, Protista, Animalia,
Planta, and Fungi
Organisms traditionally known as plants
are found in four of the five kingdoms