Classification of plants
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The plant kingdom is divided into what two types?
plants that make spores
A Scotsman wearing a sporran (spores) planted a giant seed to grow a plant.
And?
Plants that make seeds
A Scotsman wearing a sporran (spores) planted a giant seed to grow a plant.
Plants that make seeds are further split into what?
Conifers
The seed (seed) that was planted grew into a very strange tree that produced cones (conifers) on one half of the tree and beautiful flowers (flowering plants) on the other half.
And?
Flowers
The seed (seed) that was planted grew into a very strange tree that produced cones (conifers) on one half of the tree and beautiful flowers (flowering plants) on the other half.
What are flowering plants called?
Angiosperms
The flowers all look like angels (angiosperms) and you can always be assured that they sprinkle their angel dust on babies' cots (monocots and dicots).
They can be further categorised into?
Monocots
Two cots (dicots) connected together by rings (vascular rings).
And?
Dicots
The flowers all look like angels (angiosperms) and you can always be assured that they sprinkle their angel dust on babies' cots (monocots and dicots).
What type of flowering plant has a leaf vein that runs parallel?
Monocot
Parallel in one line (mono = 1) (monocot).
What type of flowering plant has a leaf vein resembling a network?
Dicot
Split into two (di = 2) (dicot).
What type of plant has ring shaped vascular bundles?
Dicot
Two cots (dicots) connected together by rings (vascular rings).
What type of plant has scattered vascular bundles?
Monocot
Monocot stem, you will see the vascular bundles are scattered.
Plants that reproduce spores are further split into what ?
Algae
The Scotsman with the sporran kept his boss's garden beautifully but his own garden was a mess. You passed an algae-ridden pond with great big fronds of ferns. The door of his house was covered in moss. When he got into his house, he was given a great big meal of liver by his wife, who had warts on her face (liverworts).
And?
Ferns
The Scotsman with the sporran kept his boss's garden beautifully but his own garden was a mess. You passed an algae-ridden pond with great big fronds of ferns. The door of his house was covered in moss. When he got into his house, he was given a great big meal of liver by his wife, who had warts on her face (liverworts).
And?
Mosses
The Scotsman with the sporran kept his boss's garden beautifully but his own garden was a mess. You passed an algae-ridden pond with great big fronds of ferns. The door of his house was covered in moss. When he got into his house, he was given a great big meal of liver by his wife, who had warts on her face (liverworts).
And?
Liverworts
The Scotsman with the sporran kept his boss's garden beautifully but his own garden was a mess. You passed an algae-ridden pond with great big fronds of ferns. The door of his house was covered in moss. When he got into his house, he was given a great big meal of liver by his wife, who had warts on her face (liverworts).
