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Introduction
• Our understanding of the plant kingdom has changed over time.
Fungi and members of the Monera and Protista having cell walls
were included in Plantae in the earlier classifications.
• The kingdom-Plantae now includes algae
bryophytes
pteridophytes
gymnosperms and angiosperms. Fungi
Protista have been excluded from this kingdom.
• The earliest classification system took only a few vegetative
characteristics into account for classifying plants. Modern
taxonomic studies are more detailed and take into account
different morphological
reproductive
• All of these led to the development of various systems of plant
classification. These are as follows
Artificial System of Classification
It was given by Linnaeus and based on morphological characters
such as habit
colour
gave more importance to vegetative characters or on the
androecium structure.
Natural System of Classification
It was developed by George Bentham and Joseph Dalton Hooker
and based on natural affinities among the organisms. It was based
on both external and internal features like anatomy
ultrastructure
embryology and phytochemistry. It is the most common system of
classification followed.