At BSCS, we have been following Lynn Margulis' book Five Kingdoms, which
defines plants as multicellular photoautotrophs that develop from
embryos.
Jon Greenberg
David Hershey wrote:
>> The half dozen current botany texts I have agree that the Plant Kingdom
> consists of just bryophytes and vascular plants, so I was surprised that
> the American Society of Plant Physiologists' Education Foundation's
> 'Principles of Plant Biology - Concepts For Science Education' states
> that "Plants exhibit diversity in size and shape ranging from single
> cells to gigantic trees."
>> Is there still disagreement over what organisms are included in the
> Plant Kingdom?
>> David Hershey
>dh321 at excite.com
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