classification of plants

1. CLASSIFICATION
OFPLANTS

2. 5 KINGDOM CLASSIFICATION WAS GIVEN BY R.H.WHITTAKER
IN 1969.
MONERA
(BACTERIA)
PROTISTA
FUNGI
PLANTAE
ANIMALIA

3. MONERA
CELL TYPE PROKARYOTIC
CELL WALL NON CELLULOSIC
NUCLEAR MEMBRANE ABSENT
BODY ORGANISATION CELLULAR
MODE OF NUTRITION AUTOTROPHIC &
HETEROTROPHIC
MODE OF
REPRODUCTION
ASEXUAL & SEXUAL (SOME)
MEMBERS BACTERIAS
EXAMPLE CYANOBACTERIA,
MYCOPLASMA
SPIRILLA
(SPIRAL
SHAPED)
COCCUS
(ROUND
SHAPED)
BACILLUS
(ROD
SHAPED)
VIBRIO
(COMMA
SHAPED)

4. CELL TYPE EUKARYOTIC
CELL WALL PRESENT IN SOME
NUCLEAR MEMBRANE PRESENT
BODY ORGANISATION CELLULAR
MODE OF NUTRITION AUTOTROPHIC &
HETEROTROPHIC
MODE OF
REPRODUCTION
ASEXUAL & SEXUAL
MEMBERS PROTOZOANS, EUGLENOIDS,
ETC.
EXAMPLE EUGLENA, PARAMOECIUM,
AMOEBA
PROTISTA
AMOEBA
EUGLENA (Connecting link between
plants and animals) (autotrophic in
presence of sunlight & heterotrophic
in absence of sunlight.)
PARAMOECIUM

5. FUNGI
CELL TYPE EUKARYOTIC
CELL WALL CHITINOUS
NUCLEAR MEMBRANE PRESENT
BODY ORGANISATION LOOSE TISSUE
MODE OF NUTRITION HETEROTROPHIC
(SAPROPHYTIC)
MODE OF
REPRODUCTION
ASEXUAL & SEXUAL
MEMBERS FUNGUS
EXAMPLE YEAST, MUSHROOM
FUNGUS ON BREAD

6. CELL TYPE EUKARYOTIC
CELL WALL CELLULOSIC
NUCLEAR MEMBRANE PRESENT
BODY ORGANISATION TISSUE/ORGAN
MODE OF NUTRITION AUTOTROPHIC
MODE OF
REPRODUCTION
ASEXUAL & SEXUAL
MEMBERS THALLOPHYTA, BRYOPHYTA,
PTERIDOPHYTA,
GYMNOSPERMS,
ANGIOSPERMS
EXAMPLE ULOTHRIX, RICCIA, FERN,
PINUS, MUSTARD
PLANTAE

7. CELL TYPE EUKARYOTIC
CELL WALL ABSENT
NUCLEAR MEMBRANE PRESENT
BODY ORGANISATION ORGAN, ORGAN SYSTEM
MODE OF NUTRITION HETEROTROPHIC
MODE OF
REPRODUCTION
SEXUAL
MEMBERS ANIMALS, BIRDS, REPTILES
EXAMPLE TIGER, PIGEON, FROG,
SNAKE, MAN, FISH
ANIMALIA

8. KINGDOM
PLANTAE
CRYPTOGAMS/NON SEEDED PLANTS PHANEROGAMS/SPERMATOPHYTA/SEEDED
PLANTS
THALLOPHYTA BRYOPHYTA PTERIDOPHYTA
GYMNOSPERM ANGIOSPERM
MONOCOTYLED
ON
DICOTYLEDON

9. THALLOPHYTA
• No root, stem, leave, flower.
• Autotrophic- presence of chlorophyll- Algae.
• May be unicellular or multicellular, microscopic or large.
• Fungi like yeast and moulds- no chlorophyll- also included in
thallophyte.
• Example- Spirogyra, Chara, Ulva, Ulothrix, Sargassum.
CHARA ULVA SPIROGYRA