Plantae

See also: plantae and plantæ

Translingual

Etymology

From Latin planta (“plant, twig, sprout”).

Proper noun

Plantae

1. A taxonomic kingdom within the superkingdom Eukaryota – all plants., about 300,000 species of organism that all contain chlorophyll to obtain energy from the sun.

Hyponyms

• (kingdom): angiosperms – clade; Anthocerotophyta, Bryophyta, Charophyta, Chlorophyta, Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta, Gnetophyta, Lycopodiophyta, Marchantiophyta, Pinophyta, Pteridophyta; †Pteridospermatophyta (extinct) – phyla

  or

• (kingdom): Biliphyta, Viridiplantae – subkingdoms
  • Chlorophyta, Streptophyta – infrakingdoms in Viridiplantae

Coordinate terms

• (kingdom in Eukaryota): Animalia, Fungi, Protozoa, Chromista

References

• Plantae on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Plantae on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Category:Plantae on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Plantae at the Tree of Life Web Project
• Plantae placement and circumscription (click icon for description) at AlgaeBase