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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.

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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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that's a plant, that's a plant, that's a plant, that's a plant, those are......flowers not plants(:
Ramoneeee (Ebzzz) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:20:14 -0000
that's a plant, that's a plant, that's a plant, that's a plant, those are......flowers not plants(:
Groggy neighbors don't like counting cows before breakfast. I don't like coxing cows off the back porch all night. I think they 8 my plants.
KatrinKarlsdott (Katrin Karlsdottir) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:19:56 -0000
Groggy neighbors don't like counting cows before breakfast. I don't like coxing cows off the back porch all night. I think they 8 my plants.
@amycarterx can i have some of your plants? cheers.
MisterWez (Wesley Thompson) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:18:53 -0000
@amycarterx can i have some of your plants? cheers.
Agave & yucca are great architectural plants because of there strong leaf texture and their usual spherical shape.
BriaDesigns (Bria Sativa Aguayo) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:18:23 -0000
Agave & yucca are great architectural plants because of there strong leaf texture and their usual spherical shape.
http://twitpic.com/wwerg - This'll kill all the plants around here!
Sakmaniac (Brian Sakowicz) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:17:11 -0000
http://twitpic.com/wwerg - This'll kill all the plants around here!
Coldest morning so far with temps only in the 30s & a few 40s closer to the coast. Bring in your pets, plants if you haven't done so already
LissetteCBS4MIA (Lissette Gonzalez) Wed, 06 Jan 2010 12:17:06 -0000
Coldest morning so far with temps only in the 30s & a few 40s closer to the coast. Bring in your pets, plants if you haven't done so already

 
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