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Plant Classification
Plant Classification
Classifications on Plants
Trees
• have woody stems. These stems are hard, thick, and brown in colour.
• Trees are perennials.
green
algae bryophytes horsetails cycads ginkgos conifers gametophytes
zygophytes,
related ferns
groups lycophytes flowering
plants
charophytes
seed plants
euphyllophytes
embryophytes (land plants)
vascular plants
Dependent stage
Predominant stage
• Majority of plants
• Have internal tissues that carry water and solutes
• Two groups
– Seedless vascular plants
– Seed-bearing vascular plants
Q. Can you specify the two generations in the life cycle of ferns?
Laguna State Polytechnic University | NS ELEC 4 | Prepared by J. Comendador
Laguna State Polytechnic University | NS ELEC 4 | Prepared by J. Comendador
Importance
• For ornamental purposes
• Provides an ecosystem
• Edible ferns as food source
• Some do have relationships with nitrogen fixing cyano bacteria
Ex. Azolla with the Anabaena azollae.
• Some don’t have these features but still they are manage to
be successful.
Laguna State Polytechnic University | NS ELEC 4 | Prepared by J. Comendador
Flower Anatomy
Two parts
• Stamen (Androecium)
• Anther
• Filament
• Pistil (Gynoecium)
• Stigma
• Style
• Ovary