PLANT KINGDOM

• Eukaryotic
• Autotrophs
• Multicellular
• Chlorophyll pigments
• Large vacuole
• Cellulose in cell wall
• Sexual and Asexual
Reproduction
Vascular system is
comprised of tissues
• Xylem
• Phloem
Asexual Reproduction
• no union of cells or nuclei of cells and, therefore, no
mingling of genetic traits
• any fragment or part of a plant body
• specialized structures
Asexual Reproduction

Fragmentation
• utilizing any fragment or
part of a plant body
• a piece that breaks landing
into a suitable habitat will
grow into a new plant
Asexual Reproduction

Apomixis
• reproduction by special
generative tissues
without fertilization
Asexual Reproduction
• Specialized structures
• Vegetative propagation - new plants can be
produced from vegetative structures such as the
roots, stems, and leaves of some plants. The process
can be natural or artificial
Modified
roots
(Tuber)
swollen roots that serve as storage
structures
 Runner Rhizome
Bulb Corm

Modified stem
Modified stem (Tuber)
Modified Leaves
Artificial • Grafting
Vegetative • Cutting
Propagation
 Supporting
structures

Stamen Pistil Gametes

Parts of an Angiosperm
Flower
Plant Life Cycle: Alternation of
Generations
Process in which a plant
switches back and forth from 2
different forms:
1. Sporophyte (diploid, with 2n
chromosomes)
2. Gametophyte (haploid with
only one set of
chromosomes)
Plant Life Cycle: Alternation of
Generations
• Gametophyte –
produces gametes or
sex cells (SEXUAL
phase)
• Sporophyte – produces
spores (ASEXUAL
phase)
Sexual Reproduction in
Bryophytes
Sexual Reproduction in
Tracheophytes
Sexual Reproduction in
Gymnosperms
Sexual Reproduction in
Angiosperms