plant taxonomy

• this system of classification is also called taxonomy
• plant classification - scientist have sorted and classified them based on their similarities and differences.
• theophrastus 370-285 B.C. - greek philosopher and naturalist and also called the father of botany, pupil of aristotle, the first who publish classification of plants.
• theophrastus pusblihed books - enquiry of plants and on the causes of plants.
• herbs - it is fragrant leaves or other parts of certain plants, in philippine it is called as damong gamot
• shrubs - multiple stems and smaller than trees.
• trees - woody prennial plant , height with lateral branches.
• monocot - one cotyledon
• dicot - two cotyledons
• carolus linnaeus 1707-1778 - first person to propose an orderly system for classification organisms, he develop the binomial system of naming plants in 1753, also called as father of taxonomy.
• how many different kind of plants in philippines - 13,500
• phylum - whether or not the plant bears or produces seeds
• vascular plants - have tubelike structures that carry wate , nutrients , other substances to the plants
• non-vascular plants - do not have tubelike structures but use other ways to to move water or substance
• class - over 235,000 species
• angiospermae - plants produces flowers
• gymnospermae - plants which not produces flowers
• dicotyledonae - two seed leaves
• monocotyledonae - one seed leaves
• cotyledons a part inside a seed that looks like a small leaf, which the developing plants uses as a store of food
• langundi - vitex negundo
• bulmea balsamifera - sambong
• senna alata - akapulko
• momordica charantia - ampalaya
• psidium guajava - bayabas
• lagerstroemia speciosa - banaba
• cocos nucifera - coconut
• maringa aleifera - malunggay
• cananga odorata - ylang ylang
• cymbopogon citratus - tanglad