Plant Classification Flashcards
Plant taxonomists compare _______________patterns, stem and _______________structures, life cycles, _______________similarities, and many other characteristics in deciding which plants are the most closely related.
Taxonomists use categories to group the plants.
Flowering; leaf; genetic
Plants are classified based on the similarities of their _______________.
Characteristics
D - Dozy K - Kings P - Play C - Chess O - On F - Finely G - Grained S - Sand
The categories, from general to specific, are: D- K- P- C- O- F- G- S-
Domain Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species
The plant kingdom has become _______________all over the Earth.
Successful
They have done so by adapting to a wide _______________of different conditions and niches.
variety
The following are some of the _______________groups of plants.
Major
Plants which are classified in the Phylum _______________.
Bryophyta
These are non-vascular plants such as _______________and _______________.
Mosses; liverworts
They tend to live in _______________places and are very limited in size due to the lack of conducting tissue.
All higher plants are in the Phylum Tracheophyta.
Damp
Vascular plants which reproduce by _______________.
Spores
Ferns have no true leaves but have _______________which have a double purpose of food production and spore formation.
fronds
Plants which reproduce with seeds that lay _______________on scales.
Naked
Most gymnosperms reproduce using a structure called a _______________.
cone
Any gymnosperm which reproduces by cone is called a _______________.
Conifer
Conifers leaves are specialized to be either _______________or scales.
Needles
