1. Plant Classification
Ways to group plants

2. Methods
Botanical
Horticultural
Seasonal Habits

3. Botanical
Universal
Binomial
Precise
Similar structures and functions

4. Botanical Kingdom Phylum Class Order Family Genus Species Variety
Cultivar

5. Example: Corn Kingdom- Plantae Phylum- Anthrophyta
Class- Monocotyledones
Order- Poales
Family- Poaceae
Genus- Zea
Species- Z. mays
Variety- var. rugosa
Cultivar- ‘Sweet Belle’

6. Horticultural
Based on use
Edible
Ornamental

7. Edible Fruit and nuts: Pomology Vegetables: Olericulture
Tropical
Subtropical
Temperate
Vegetables: Olericulture
Warm season
Cool season
Drugs, Condiments, Beverages

8. Ornamental Flowers Annuals Perennials Wildflowers Bulbs
Spring flowering
Summer flowering

9. Ornamental 1. ornamental 2. turf grass F. Houseplants and Cut flowers
B. Shrubs
C. Trees
D. Groundcovers & Vines
E. Grasses
1. ornamental
2. turf grass
F. Houseplants and Cut flowers

10. Seasonal Herbaceous Woody Annuals Biennials Perennials Deciduous
Evergreen
Needles
Broadleaved