vascular plant

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tree vascular system

Tree of life illustrating the three-domain classification of life-forms

Why do ferns prefer the shade?

vascular plant: Facts & Related Content

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Also Known As	Tracheophyta • tracheophyte

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tree vascular system

Tree of life illustrating the three-domain classification of life-forms

Why do ferns prefer the shade?

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lower vascular plant sphenopsid lycopsid psilopsid seed plant pteropsid lycophyte plant plant development plant reproductive system photosynthesis bryophyte conifer botany cycadophyte houseplant weed 11 Questions About Useful Plants Answered

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Edward Charles Jeffrey

American botanist

George Bentham, oil painting by Lewis Dickensen, 1870; in the collection of the Linnean Society of London

George Bentham

British botanist

Douglas Campbell

Douglas Houghton Campbell

American botanist

Venus's-flytrap. Venus's-flytrap (Dionaea muscipula) one of the best known of the meat-eating plants. Carnivorous plant, Venus flytrap, Venus fly trap

Plants: From Cute to Carnivorous