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- National Center for Biotechnology Information - Plant Development
- NeoK12 - Educational Videos and Games for School Kids - Plant
- University of Missouri Extension - Plants and Their Environment
- The Canadian Encyclopedia - Plant
- University of California Museum of Paleontology - Introduction to the Plantae
- Key People:
- Alexander von Humboldt Sir Hans Sloane, Baronet Henry Chandler Cowles Julius von Sachs Dennis Robert Hoagland
- Related Topics:
- angiosperm plant development fern photosynthesis heirloom plant
plant, (kingdom Plantae), any multicellular eukaryotic life-form characterized by (1) photosynthetic nutrition (a characteristic possessed by all plants except some parasitic plants and underground orchids), in which chemical energy is produced from water, minerals, and carbon dioxide with the aid of pigments and the radiant energy of the Sun, (2) essentially unlimited growth at localized regions, (3) cells that contain cellulose in their walls and are therefore to some extent rigid, (4) the absence of organs of locomotion, resulting in a more or less stationary existence, (5) the absence of nervous systems, and (6) life histories that show an alteration ...(100 of 20146 words)