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Plants

Plantae

Plants are eukaryotic organisms traditionally placed in the kingdom Plantae. In phylogenetic terms, the green plants (Viridiplantae) are the clade of land plants plus green algae, typically characterized by chlorophyll, double‑membrane chloroplasts, and cell walls that usually contain cellulose: traits that support photosynthesis. Some plants (a minority of parasitic and mycoheterotrophic plants) have reduced or lost photosynthetic pigments and/or the capacity to photosynthesize, relying partly or entirely on other organisms for carbon and nutrients.

Plants are eukaryotic organisms traditionally placed in the kingdom Plantae. In phylogenetic terms, the green plants (Viridiplantae) are the clade of land plants plus green algae, typically characterized by chlorophyll, double‑membrane chloroplasts, and cell walls that usually contain cellulose: traits that support photosynthesis. Some plants (a minority of parasitic and mycoheterotrophic plants) have reduced or lost photosynthetic pigments and/or the capacity to photosynthesize, relying partly or entirely on other organisms for carbon and nutrients.