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:This article discusses categorisations of organisms. For a different meaning in biology, see cell division.In biology, the equivalent of a phylum in the plant or fungi kingdom is called a division.
The main plant divisions, in the order in which they probably evolved, are the mosses (Division Bryophyta), the ferns (Division Filicophyta), the horsetails (Division Sphenophyta), the Cycads (Division Cycadophyta), the Ginkgo (Division Ginkgophyta), the conifers (Division Pinophyta), the Gnetophytes (Division Gnetophyta), and the angiosperms (Division Anthophyta).
Angiosperms are the flowering plants that now dominate the plant world (80% of all vascularVascular is an adjective for the word vessel and refers to tube-like structures. In Zoology, more specifically anatomy and physiology, "vascular" means "related to blood vessels . An organ or tissue that is vascularized is heavily endowed with blood vesse plants are angiosperms).
Scientific classificationScientific classification or biological classification refers to how biologists group and categorize extinct and living species of organisms. Modern classification has its roots in the system of Carolus Linnaeus, who grouped species according to shared ph
