TAXONOMY

• Linnaean System of Classification

  Each species is assigned a two-part name, also called binomial.

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  The first part is the genus, and the second part is unique for each species within the genus.
• Taxonomic Ranking System

  Domain

  Kingdom

  Phylum

  Class

  Order

  Family

  Genus

  Species

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• Five-Kingdom Classification

  A) Monera

  B) Protista

  C) Fungi

  D) Plantae

  E) Animalia

  
• Kingdom Monera


  The only prokaryotic kingdom out of all kingdoms.
• Kingdom Protista


  Unicellular eukaryotes that are neither animals nor plants nor fungi, but are believed to be the common ancestral link between them.
• Kingdom Fungi


  Responsible for the breakdown of organic matter which releases carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus, and nitrogen into the soil as well as the atmosphere.
• Non-Vascular


  Has no phloem or xylem

  • ex. Algae - brown, red and green algae (other algae now placed under Protista)
  • Bryophytes - mostly mosses, no roots, leaves, or stems; reproduce by spores
• Vascular

  Seed plants (no spores)

  • ex. Pteridophytes - mostly ferns, flowerless, seedless; only have roots, stems and fronds; reproduce by spores
  • Gymnosperms - mostly conifers (cone-bearing); e.g. pine trees
  • Angiosperms - flowering plants has two classes: monocot and dicot
• Types of Tropism in Plants

  Tropism - growth toward or away from a stimulus

  Phototropism - to light

  Geotropism - to gravity

  Thigmotropism - to touch

  Hydrotropism - to moisture