PlantKingdom – Plantae

·    KingdomPlantaeincludes all the plants. They are eukaryotic, multicellular and autotrophicorganisms. The plant cellcontains a rigid cellwall. Plants have chloroplast and chlorophyll pigment, which is required for photosynthesis.

·    Characteristics of KingdomPlantae

·    The plant kingdom has the following characteristic features:

·    They are non-motile.

·    They make their ownfood and hence are calledautotrophs.

·    They reproduceasexually by vegetative propagation or sexually.

·    These are multicellulareukaryotes. The plant cellcontains the outercellwall and a large central vacuole.

·    Plants containphotosynthetic pigments calledchlorophyllpresent in the plastids.

·    They have different organelles for anchorage, reproduction, support and photosynthesis.