GENERAL CLASSIFICATION OF THE PLANT KINGDOM 



1. Subkingdom — TBALLOFHTTA — Plants not forming embryos. 



A. ALGAE — Phyluih: 



1. Cyanophyta (Blue-green algae) 



2. Euglenophyta (Euglenoids) 



3. Chlorophyta (Green algae) 



4. Chrysopliyta (Yellow-green algae, Golden-Brown algae 

 and Diatoms) 



5. Phyrrophta (Cryptomonads and Dinoflagellates) 



6. Phacophyta (Brown algae) 



7. Bhodophyta (Red Algae) 



B. FUNGI — Phylum: 



8. Schizomycetes (Bacteria) 



9. Myxomycetes (Slime molds) 



10. Eumycetes (True fungi) 



Class: 



(a) Phycomycetes (Algal-like funi^) 



(b) Ascomycetes (Sac fungi) 



(c) Basidiomycetes (Basidium fungi) 



(d) Deut^romycetes (Imperfect fungi) 



(e) Lichens 



II. Subkingdom — EMBRYOPHYTA — Plants forming embryoa. 

 Phylum: ... ... 



11. Bryc^hyta (or Atracheata) — Plants lacking conducting 



tissues. 



Class: 



(a) Muscl — Uosses 



(b) Hepaticae — Liverworts 



(c) Anthocerotae -- Hornworts 



12. Tracheophyta (or Tracheata) Plants with conducting tissues. 



Snphylum: , , . 



(1) Psilopsida — leafless and rootless vascular plants, 

 almost entirely extinct. 



Class: Psilophytinese — Psilotum 



(2) Lycopsida — clubmosses and their relatives; with 

 simple conducting system; leaves small, green. 

 Class: Lycepoidineae — Lycopodium 



(8) Sphenopsida — Horsetail and their relatives; conduc- 

 ting system simple; stems jointed; leaves reduced, 

 scale-like. 

 Class: Equisitineae — Equisitum. 



(4) Pteropsida — with complex conducting system} 

 leaves large; with other advanced features. 

 Class: 



(a) Filicineae — True ferns 



(b) Gymnospcrmae — Fines, Gycas, etc. 



(c) Angiospcrmae — True flowering plants 

 Subclass: a — Dicotyledoneae 



b— Monocotyledoneae 



