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    Plant Anatomy: Classification & Naming of Plants

    Classifying organisms based on similarities,


    helps provide order to the thousands of living
    organisms on earth.

    The classification of plants and other living


    things is known as taxonomy.

    The first effort in taxonomy began 2,000 years


    ago in Greece. Modern day taxonomy uses Family - Members of a family are more alike
    seven divisions or stages in classification, with than those of an order.
    each stage being more specific than the
    previous stage. These stages form a taxonomic Genus - Members of a genus are very similar.
    hierarchy.
    Species - The species is the most specific stage
    in the taxonomic hierarchy for an organism.

     Groups within a species that have


    unique traits may be formed into
    subspecies or varieties.
     Species names are comprised of the
    genus and species.

    How are plants named?

    Common names are the “everyday names that


    people use.
    Division – 10 divisions are used in the plant
    kingdom (this is known as phylum). Scientific names are the names of plants based
    on taxonomy.
    10 Divisions
    A scientific name is often comprised of two
    - Bryophyta (mosses, liverworts, hornworts)
    words—the genus and species of the plant.
    - Psilophyta (whisk ferns)
    - Lycopodiophyta (club-mosses, spike-mosses, Scientific names are written in italics or are
    quillworts) underlined.
    - Equisetophyta (horsetails)
    - Polypodiophyta (true ferns) The first letter of the genus is capitalized; no
    - Cycadophyta (cycads), other letters are in capital letters.
    - Ginkgophyta (ginkgo), An example is Triticum aestivum — which is the
    - Gnetophyta (vessel-bearing gymnosperms) common wheat
    - Coniferophyta (conifers),
    - Magnoliophyta, (contains all of the vascular,
    flowering plants)

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