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plant

Living thing in the kingdom of photosynthetic eukaryotes

Species / taxontaxonQ756

Also known as green plants · plants · green plant · plantæ · planta · kingdom Plantae

Scientific name: Plantae
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1.Stated in A higher level classification of all living organisms
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Rank: kingdom
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1.Stated in A higher level classification of all living organisms
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Parent taxon: eukaryote
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1.Stated in A higher level classification of all living organisms
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, Archaeplastida
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1.Stated in The Revised Classification of Eukaryotes
2.Stated in Revisions to the Classification, Nomenclature, and Diversity of Eukaryotes
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Plants are the eukaryotic organisms that constitute the kingdom Plantae. They are predominantly photosynthetic or came from photosynthetic ancestors, meaning that they obtain their energy from sunlight by using the green pigment chlorophyll in their chloroplasts to produce sugars from carbon dioxide and water. Over the course of time, some plants have evolved to be parasitic, meaning they take energy from other organisms. Except for glaucophytes, some green algae and a few red algae, most plants are multicellular.

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Code of nomenclature: International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants
Taxon common name: 植物界
plantes
planter
planteriket
အပင်များ
Different from: fungi
Members / parts: root
true leaf
plant stem
germ layer
Earliest date: 1200000th millennium BCE
460000th millennium BCE
Studied by: plant genetics
botany
Subclass of: organism
Has characteristic: plant life-form
plant taxonomy
This taxon is source of: vegetable fat
plant milk
plant material
plant-based food
plant product
plant proteins
plant fiber
plant fossil
Uses: soil
photosynthesis
carbon dioxide in the atmosphere of Earth
fertilizer
Union of: list of values as qualifiers list item: tracheophyte, non-vascular plant
list of values as qualifiers list item: wild plant, cultigen
list of values as qualifiers list item: terrestrial plant, aquatic plant
Permanent duplicated item: Q124038881
Mode of reproduction: sexual reproduction nature of statement: mainly
asexual reproduction excluding: often
Properties for this type: mode of reproduction
Temporal range start: Mesoproterozoic

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