Classification of Plants
Classification of Plants
1. All green plants can make their own food in the presence of sunlight, water and
carbon dioxide. This is possible because green plants contain chlorophyll.
2. Plants are fixed in one position. They respond slowly to changes around them,
e.g. the leaves of the plants grow towards sunlight.
3. There are also carnivorous plants that can make food but receive extra nutrients
by feeding on insects. Examples of such plants are :
a. Venus flytrap b. Pitcher plant
c. Sundew d. Bladderwort
Tip #1 : How To Remember Carnivorous Plants
Very Frightening : Venus Flytrap
Plants : Pitcher plant
Swallow : Sundew
Body : Bladderwort
4. Plants have different plant parts such as the roots, stems, leaves, flowers and
fruits.
5. However, to be considered as a plant, the 3 main plant parts are only the roots,
stems and leaves.
Leaf Edges
6. Leaves can have entire, toothed ( jagged ) or lobed edges.
7. Examples of entire edge leaves include the periwinkle, grass and frangipani.
8. Examples of toothed-edge ( jagged edge ) leaves include the rose, hibiscus and
balsam.
9. Examples of lobed edge leaves include the maple, papaya and sweet potato.
Vein Pattern
10. Different leaves have different vein patterns. Some have network veins while
others have parallel veins.
Tip #2 : How To Remember Leaves With Network Veins
In computer terms, we equate networking as in LAN.
Lantana : LAN
Guava : Guy
Duckweed : Dug
Angsana : Another
Bougainvillea/Balsam : Bag of
Rose : Rose
Hibiscus : Hibiscus &
Sunflower : Sunflower for
Pong pong : Pretty Princess
Tip #3 : How To Remember Leaves With Parallel Veins
The word “parallel” is used mostly in Mathematics
under the chapter of Geometry.
Maize : Mathematics
Grass : Geometry
Lily : Listen &
Lalang : Learn
Tulip : Too
Bamboo : Bad !!
Arrangement of Flowers
11. The flowers of some plants grow singly. Examples include the rose, hibiscus and
tulip.
12. Some flowers grow in bunches and some in clusters. The orchids, frangipani and
oleander grow in bunches, while the flame of the forest and ixora grow in clusters.
Water Plants
1. Plants that grow in water are called water plants or aquatic plants.
2. These plants grow either in freshwater or seawater.
3. They are classified into :
a. floating plants
b. partially submerged plants
c. totally submerged plants
Tip #9 : How To Remember Floating Water Plants
Water hyacinth : sounds like “higher”cinth
“higher” means above; so must be floating water plant
Water lettuce : Equate the word “lettuce” to “letters”
Imagine that you are folding a love letter into a boat and letting this boat float on the water surface
Duckweed : Think of “duck” that floats above the water
Water moss fern : water > water
moss > must
fern > float
END OF NOTES.
*To find out more about our classes, contact us :)
