1. Plants Fungi Monera Protists
Classification
Year 7
2015

2. Plants Plants are classified into two different phyla
The following characteristics determine where the plants fit
How they feed
Reproduction
Their physical features
VASCULAR PLANTS
BRYOPHYTES

3. Angiosperms Conifers Cycads Gingkos Ferns
VASCULAR PLANTS
Vascular plants all have VASCULAR bundles
These vascular bundles transport liquid and nutrients around the plant
Most plants exist within this phylum
The classes are
Angiosperms Conifers Cycads Gingkos Ferns

4. Angiosperms
Angiosperms are also called the “flowering plants” and is the largest class of vascular plants
There are more than species of flowering plants. These include flowers, vegetables, grasses, trees and herbs.
Angiosperms always develop seeds inside the flower, which later becomes the fruit
Angiosperms can be further divided into MONOTCOTS and DICOTS (depending on the number of leaves sprouting from their seed)

5. Angiosperms

6. Gymnosperms
Gymnosperms contain the conifers, cycads and gingko plants.
All gymnosperms produce cones instead of flowers.

7. Conifers Conifers do not produce seeds within fruit.
They produce seeds on the scales of a woody cone
They typically have needle like leaves

8. Cycads There are now 150 different species of Cycad in the world.
In the Jurassic Period (200 million years ago) the Cycad were the dominant plant life

9. Ginkgopsida There is only one species native to China
Ginkgo biloba or ‘maidenhair tree’ bears its seeds in cones
Unlike the other gymnosperms Ginkgo is deciduous. Meaning it drops its leaves in winter.

10. Ferns
Ferns are in a separate class as they do not produce flowers or cones. (Filicopsida)
Instead, ferns produce spores on their leaves
Ferns have two reproductive cycles, an asexual and sexual phase
There are about different species of fern

11. Ferns
Ferns like to live in damp conditions and are common in forests near the base of trees.

12. Bryophytes Bryophytes are NON-VASCULAR plants
They are generally small plants, that live in damp areas
Bryophytes contain the classes of
MOSSES
LIVERWORTS
HORNWORTS

13. Mosses
Mosses have no waterproof outer layer to protect them from drying out so they need to live in moist areas
They do not have true roots, so to anchor themselves they use small shoots called rhizoids

14. Liverworts & Hornworts
Liverworts are similar to mosses, their common name is derived from their liver shaped leaves.
Hornworts get their common name from the horn shaped sporophyte

15. Fungi Fungi are another kingdom of living things
They are different to plants as they do not contain chlorophyll. Therefore they cannot make their own food using photosynthesis
This means they are HETEROTROPHIC.
There are over different species of fungi
Types of fungi include mushrooms, toadstools, moulds, mildew and yeast

16. Fungi

17. Monera This kingdom is also called PROKARYOTE
This kingdom contains unicellular (one celled) organisms
Characteristics include
No nucleus
No organelles (except ribosomes)
Examples include Bacteria and Blue-Green Algae

18. Prokaryote (Monera)

19. Protista
Protozoan are simple organisms that share characteristics of both plant and animal cells.
Because of this they fall into two phyla
Algae – plant like
Protozoa – animal like
They are usually unicellular and microscopic
They can be autotrophic (algae) or heterotrophic (protozoan)

20. Protista