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    This document provides an overview of the five kingdom system of classification and summarizes the major types of organisms traditionally called plants. It discusses: 1) The five kingdoms - Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. Protista and Fungi contain organisms traditionally called plants like algae and fungi. 2) The major divisions of algae, plants, fungi, and fungal-like organisms. This includes descriptions of important types of algae, mosses/liverworts, ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms, and true fungi. 3) Examples of medically important plant families and the roles of fungi and fungal-

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    This document provides an overview of the five kingdom system of classification and summarizes the major types of organisms traditionally called plants. It discusses: 1) The five kingdoms - Monera, Protista, Fungi, Plantae, and Animalia. Protista and Fungi contain organisms traditionally called plants like algae and fungi. 2) The major divisions of algae, plants, fungi, and fungal-like organisms. This includes descriptions of important types of algae, mosses/liverworts, ferns, gymnosperms, angiosperms, and true fungi. 3) Examples of medically important plant families and the roles of fungi and fungal-

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    Survey of Plants, Fungi, and Algae: Medically Important Organisms Traditionally Called "Plants"

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    Survey of Plants, Fungi,

    and Algae

    Medically important
    organisms traditionally
    called “plants”
    Five Kingdom System
    Kingdom Organisms Traditionally Called Plants
    Monera Cyanobacteria (Blue-green algae)

    Protista Six Divisions (Phyla) of Algae


    Two Divisions of Fungal-like Organisms
    Animalia ---

    Planta Ten Divisions of Plants from Mosses to


    Flowering Plants
    Fungi Four Divisions of True Fungi
    Kingdom Monera
    Cyanobacteria (Blue Green Algae)

    Nostoc

    Oscillatoria

    Spirulina
    Kingdom Protista

     Six divisions of algae:


     Division Pyrrophyta - dinoflagellates
     Division Chrysophyta - diatoms
     Division Euglenophyta - euglenoids
     Division Chlorophyta - green algae
     Division Rhodophyta - red algae
     Division Phaeophyta - brown algae
     Two divisions of fungi
    Dinoflagellates
    Diatoms & Golden Brown
    Algae
    Rhodophyta – Red Algae
    Div. Phaeophyta
    KELP - common
    name for several
    brown
    seaweeds
    Algal Bloom
    Kingdom Planta

     10 divisions of plants
     Organize into 4 groups
     mosses and liverworts (Division Bryophyta)
     ferns and fern-allies (four divisions)
     gymnosperms (four divisions)
     angiosperms (Division Magnoliophyta)
    Bryophyta: mosses,
    liverworts, and hornworts
    Moss

    Liverwort
    Lower Vascular Plants:
    Ferns and fern-allies
     Reproduce by spores formed in a
    sporangium
     Long fossil history
     Divisions
     whisk ferns – Psilophyta
     club mosses – Lycophyta
     horsetails – Sphenophyta
     ferns – Pterophyta
    Division Lycophyta
    Club Moss
    Division Sphenophyta
    Horsetails (Equisetum)
    Division Pterophyta
    Ferns - About 10,000
    species exist from
    tropics to arctic.
    Braken fern known to
    be toxic
    Gymnosperms

     Division Cycadophyta - Cycads


     Division Ginkgophyta - Ginkgo
     Division Gnetophyta - Ephedra and allies
     Division Coniferophyta - Conifers
    Cycads
    Cycad Female Cones
    Leaves of a Ginkgo tree
    Division Gnetophyta – Ephedra is one of
    three genera in the division
    Division Coniferophyta:
    Yew (Taxus spp)
    Division Coniferophyta
    Cupressaceae - Cedar Family

    Pollen release
    from a male
    Juniperus tree
    Division Magnoliophyta -
    Angiosperms
    Important Angiosperm
    Families with Health Effects

     Solanaceae - nightshade family


     Papaveraceae - poppy family
     Brassicaceae - mustard family
     Euphorbiaceae - euphorb family
     Rubiaceae - coffee tree family
     Fabaceae - legume family
     Liliaceae - lily family
    Fungal-like organisms in
    Kingdom Protista
     Slime molds - Division Myxomycota
     Slimy (animal-like) feeding stage
     Reproduce by spores
     Water molds - Division Oomycota
     Many in fresh water others on land
     Important plant pathogens in this group
    Kingdom Fungi

     Division Chytridiomycota (chytrids) – very


    primitive fungi – cause of amphibian extinctions
     Divison Zygomycota (zygomycetes) - simple
    mycelial fungi – “sugar fungi”
     Division Ascomycota (ascomycetes) - yeasts,
    mycelial fungi, morels, cup fungi, truffles
     Division Basidiomycota (basidiomycetes) -
    mushrooms, bracket fungi, puffballs
     Asexual Fungi (imperfect fungi) - artificial group
    of mycelial fungi with no sexual stage - molds
    Fungi include molds and mushrooms
    Fungi and Human Health

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