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- Characteristics of Kingdom Plantae
- Classification of Kingdom Plantae
- Sub-divisions of Kingdom Plantae
The Plant Kingdom or Kingdom Plantae includes green, blue and red algae, mosses, liverworts, ferns and seed plants, with or without flowers.
Characteristics of Kingdom Plantae:
The plant kingdom has the following characteristics;
1. Kingdom Plantae includes all the plants. They are all multicellular, non-motilenot able to move by itself. More, and eukaryotes.
2. They contain chlorophyll so they can manufacture their own food, therefore they are called autotrophs.
3. Plants store carbohydrates as starch.
4. Plant cell walls are made up of cellulose.
5. Some plants have vascular tissue (tracheophytes) and some others like bryophytes lack vascular tissues.
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