Classification and Examples

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Plants are classified on the basis of many characteristics, particularly features that are involved in sexual reproduction.

Seeds, a developmental stage capable of surviving adverse conditions. Flowers, a complex developmental structure involved in fruit formation.



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Moss

 

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Whisk fern

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Fern

 

 

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Redwood

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Cypress

 

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Cherokee rose

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Orchid

Bryophytes

Fern and Fern Allies

Gymnosperms

Angiosperms

 

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