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Plants are a major group of living things including familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, ferns and mosses. About 350,000 species of plants, defined as seed plants, bryophytes, ferns and fern allies, have been estimated to exist. As of 2004, some 287,655 species had been identified, of which 258,650 are flowering and 15,000 bryophytes.

Aristotle divided all living things between plants, which generally do not move, and animals. In Linnaeus' system, these became the Kingdoms Vegetabilia (later Plantae) and Animalia. Since then, it has become clear that the Plantae as originally defined included several unrelated groups, and the fungi and several groups of algae were removed to new kingdoms. However, these are still often considered plants in many contexts. Indeed, any attempt to match "plant" with a single taxon is doomed to fail, because plant is a vaguely defined concept unrelated to the presumed phylogenic concepts on which modern taxonomy is based.

Embryophytes


Main article: Embryophytes
Most familiar are the multicellular land plants, called embryophytes. They include the vascular plants, plants with full systems of leaves, stems, and roots. They also include a few of their close relatives, often called bryophytes, of which mosses and liverworts are the most common.

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i've officially killed all my rosemary plants. poo. at least the pineapple plant is surviving
twest22 (twest22) Wed, 16 Dec 2009 01:45:05 -0000
i've officially killed all my rosemary plants. poo. at least the pineapple plant is surviving
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@rainbowirisfarm we only had like 75 plants on this one. Not cumulative. I think I messed up on the ferns. :(
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@rainbowirisfarm we only had like 75 plants on this one. Not cumulative. I think I messed up on the ferns. :(

 
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