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.
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