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Vascular plants (from Latin vasculum 'duct'), also called tracheophytes (/ t r ə ˈ k iː. ə ˌ f aɪ t s /) or collectively tracheophyta (/ t r ə ˈ k iː. ə f aɪ t ə /; from Ancient Greek τραχεῖα ἀρτηρία (trakheîa artēría) 'windpipe', and φυτά (phutá) 'plants'), form a large group of land plants (c. 300,000 ...
Flora of Thailand is a multi-volume flora describing the vascular plants of Thailand, published by the Forest Herbarium, Royal Forest Department since the 1970s. It currently consists of 12 volumes.
Mar 15, 2024 · Vascular plant, any of some 260,000 species of plants with vascular systems, including all of the conspicuous flora of Earth today. The vascular system consists of xylem, concerned mainly with the conduction of water and dissolved minerals, and phloem, which functions mainly in the conduction of foods, such as sugar.
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Aug 13, 2021 · The World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) is a comprehensive list of scientifically described plant species, compiled over four decades, from peer-reviewed literature, authoritative scientific ...
- Rafaël Govaerts, Eimear Nic Lughadha, Nicholas Black, Robert Turner, Alan Paton
- 2021
The vascular plants, or tracheophytes, are plants that have specialized tissues for conducting water, minerals, and photosynthetic products through the plant. They include the ferns, clubmosses, horsetails, flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms. They are often called the higher plants.
Plant - Vascular, Photosynthesis, Reproduction: Vascular plants (tracheophytes) possess supporting and water-conducting tissue called xylem and food-conducting tissue called phloem; they also have true stems, leaves, and roots. Lycophytes (class Lycopodiopsida) are nonseed plants represented by three living orders, the principal genera being club mosses, spike mosses, and quillworts.
Jun 13, 2018 · A vascular plant is any one of a number of plants with specialized vascular tissue. The two types of vascular tissue, xylem and phloem, are responsible for moving water, minerals, and the products of photosynthesis throughout the plant.
