Mesh term Plants
Browse to parent terms:Eukaryota
Description
Multicellular, eukaryotic life forms of kingdom Plantae (sensu lato), comprising the VIRIDIPLANTAE; RHODOPHYTA; and GLAUCOPHYTA; all of which acquired chloroplasts by direct endosymbiosis of CYANOBACTERIA. They are characterized by a mainly photosynthetic mode of nutrition; essentially unlimited growth at localized regions of cell divisions (MERISTEMS); cellulose within cells providing rigidity; the absence of organs of locomotion; absence of nervous and sensory systems; and an alternation of haploid and diploid generations.Browse to child terms:
Crops, Agricultural
Glaucophyta
Plant Weeds
Plants, Edible
Plants, Genetically Modified
Plants, Medicinal
Plants, Toxic
Rhodophyta
Salt-Tolerant Plants
Seedlings
Trees
Viridiplantae
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