Transcript Kingdom Plantae Common Name: Plants

Kingdom Plantae
Common Name: Plants
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General Traits
• Multicellular, eukaryotes
• Makes its own food, glucose,
by photosynthesis in
chloroplasts
• Cell walls made of cellulose
Major Phyla
• Bryophytes (Mosses)
• Ferns
• Gymnosperms (cone-bearing
plants)
• Angiosperms (flowering
plants)
Major Habitats
Plants have evolved to live
life on land, and will live
anywhere there is enough
sunlight to support
photosynthesis.
Transport (move materials)
• Plants move materials through their
bodies (roots stem leaves and
vice versa) through vascular tubes
called xylem and phloem or simple
diffusion.
• Materials include water, glucose, and
nutrients from the soil.
Excretion (waste removal)
• Plants use holes in the bottom of their leaves,
called stomata, to allow excess water to leave
the plant. This process called transpiration
allows more water to enter the plant at the
root.
• These holes are opened and closed by guard
cells to prevent too much water loss. A thick
waxy layer called the cuticle covers leaves and
also prevents water loss.
Respiration (gas exchange)
Stomata and guard cells also
allow for the exchange of
carbon dioxide and oxygen for
photosynthesis and cellular
respiration. Otherwise it is
simple diffusion.
Nutrition (obtains food)/Niche
Plants are producers
(autotrophs) by making
glucose through
photosynthesis in the
chloroplasts. Usually done in
the leaf of a plant.
Basic Needs
• Water for photosynthesis and movement of
materials from soil through roots.
• Carbon dioxide for photosyntheis from air
through stomata.
• Sunlight for photosyntheis through leaves.
• Nitrates, phosphorous, and other minerals to
support life from soil through roots.
Types of Plants
Vascular-tubes to
move materials
Ferns-Seedless
Gymnosperms
—naked seeds,
cone bearing
Nonvascular-no tubes
to move materials
Angiosperms—
flowering with
seeds in fruit
Moncots—one seed leaf, vascular
bundles are parallel in the leaf and
scattered in the stem, and flower
parts are in multiples of 3.
Bryophyta—no
leaves, stems or
roots
Dicots—two seed leaves, vascular
bundles are netlike in the leaf and
in a ring in the stem, and flower
parts are in multiples of 4 and 5.
Classifying Plants by leaf shape
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Vascular Plant
• Scientific Name:
Thelypteris kunthii
• Common Name:
Southern Shield Fern
• Where is it Found?
Meadows, woodlands
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Nonvascular
• Scientific Name: Pohlia
nutans
• Common Name: moss
• Where is it Found? In
any damp area in all
climates . In very cold
climates, moss is the
main producer(summer
only). Top ones are from
Alaska and bottom is
from Antartica.
Gymnosperm
• Scientific name:
Pinus palustris
• Common name:
Longleaf pine
• Where is it Found?
Southeastern US
Angiosperm
• Scientific Name:
Cornus sp.
• Common name:
Dogwood
• Where is it Found?
Southeastern US