Plantae Temporal range: Mesoproterozoic–present
Scientific classification
Unrecognized taxon (fix):	Plantae
Divisions
Chlorokybophyta Mesostigmatophyta Chlorobionta Kenrick & Crane 1997 Chlorophyta Streptobionta Kenrick & Crane 1997 Klebsormidiophyta Charophyta (stoneworts) ?Chaetosphaeridiales Coleochaetophyta Zygnematophyta Embryobiotes Kenrick & Crane 1997 (land plants) Marchantiophyta Bryophyta Anthocerotophyta †Horneophyta †Aglaophyta Tracheophyta (vascular plants)
Synonyms
Viridiplantae Cavalier-Smith 1981 Chlorobionta Jeffrey 1982, emend. Bremer 1985, emend. Lewis and McCourt 2004 Chlorobiota Kenrick and Crane 1997 Chloroplastida Adl et al., 2005 Phyta Barkley 1939 emend. Holt & Uidica 2007 Cormophyta Endlicher, 1836 Cormobionta Rothmaler, 1948 Euplanta Barkley, 1949 Telomobionta Takhtajan, 1964 Embryobionta Cronquist et al., 1966 Metaphyta Whittaker, 1969

Green leaves and yellow flowers of a daffodil plant

A picture of a Grassy grass plant

Plants are one of five big groups (kingdoms) of living things. They are autotrophic eukaryotes, which means they have complex cells, and make their own food. Usually they cannot move (not counting growth).

Plants include familiar types such as trees, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The scientific study of plants, known as botany, has identified about 350,000 extant (living) species of plants. Fungi and non-green algae are not classified as plants.

Most plants grow in the ground, with stems in the air and roots below the surface. Some float on water. The root part absorbs water and some nutrients the plant needs to live and grow. These climb the stem and reach the leaves. The evaporation of water from pores in the leaves pulls water through the plant. This is called transpiration.