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Plant Classification

Plant Classification. AP Biology Unit 5. Plant Diversity. All plants are thought to have evolved from ancestral green algae Within the plant kingdom, there are many different types. Algae– NOT a plant!. Algae is a multicellular protist

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Plant Classification

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  1. Plant Classification AP Biology Unit 5

  2. Plant Diversity • All plants are thought to have evolved from ancestral green algae • Within the plant kingdom, there are many different types

  3. Algae– NOT a plant! • Algae is a multicellular protist • Green algae has many characteristics in common with plants, but also some distinguishing characteristics

  4. Land versus Water Plants • What are the advantages of being a water plant? • More access to water • More support (from the surrounding water) • Water helps disperse gametes Image taken without permission from http://www.blupete.com/Nature/PictureFlowers/WaterLilyPink2.jpg

  5. Land Plants • What are the advantages of being a land plant? • High concentrations of CO2 in air (compared to water) • More access to sunlight • Initially: less competition for resources, fewer predators

  6. Nonvascular vs. Vascular • Land plants can be classified as vascular or nonvascular • Nonvascular (Nontracheophyte) = no xylem or phloem • Vascular (Tracheophyte) = has a xylem and phloem

  7. Nonvascular Plants • No internal transport system • Smaller in size • Grow in large, dense mats • Have rhizoids = structures that help anchor the plant into the ground • Ex. Mosses, Liverworts, Hornworts

  8. Question… • Why can’t nonvascular plants be very tall? • Without xylem and phloem, they are unable to transport water and nutrients efficiently throughout the plant  can’t grow as tall since they can’t get the water up very high.

  9. Vascular Plants • Vascular tissue used to transport water, minerals, sugar, hormones • Have the potential to grow taller • Can be further divided into seed and nonseed plants • Ex. Ferns, conifers, flowering plants

  10. Vascular Plants- Nonseed plants • Pterophytes (Ferns) • Have a xylem and phloem • Do not have seeds to protect plant embryo

  11. Vascular Plants- Seed plants • Gymnosperms (Conifers) • Seed is not protected by fruit • Has cones • Angiosperms (Flowering Plants) • Seed is further protected by a fruit • Has flowers

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