Plant Kingdom (Divisions &

Characteristic Features)
21.02.2019

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 Characteristics of Plant Classification

Do not have Have differentiated

differentiated plant body plant body

Thallophytes
Without specialized With vascular tissues
vascular tissues

Bryophytes

Produce seeds-Spermatophtes
Do not produce seeds
(Phanerogams)

Pteridophytes

Bear naked seeds

Gymnosperms

Bear seeds Gymnosperms

inside fruits

Have seeds with Have seeds with

two cotyledons one cotyledon

Dicots Monocots
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 PLANT KINGDOM

DIVISION: THALLOPHYTA (ALGAE)

थैलोफाइटा (शैवाल)
 Algae are chlorophyll-bearing, thalloid, autotrophic organisms.

 They are largely aquatic (both marine and freshwater) and some occur on moist soil,
stones/rocks or wood; some are epiphytes on animals like sloth bear and some are
symbionts in lichens.
 Asexuat reproduction occurs during favourable conditions by the formation of
zoospores or aplanospores.
 Sexual reproduction may be isogamous (e.g., some species of Chlamydomonas),
anisogamous (e.g., Ulothrix) or oogamous (e.g., Volvox, Fucus, etc.) .
 Algae are classified based on
(i) the type of pigments and
(ii) the nature of reserve food into three classes namely Chlorophyceae, Phaeophyceae and
Rhodophyceae

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