Wight's tree
Wightia
A small genus of hemiepiphytic trees and pseudo-vines native to South and Southeast Asia.
Descendants: 6
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Plants are an amazing kingdom of multicellular organisms possessing the unique ability to photosynthesize. By converting sunlight into organic matter, they have become the true foundation of life on our planet. It was plants that shaped the Earth's atmosphere by enriching it with oxygen, and to this day they sustain the vast majority of living beings.
From microscopic mosses to giant sequoias, Earth's flora amazes with its diversity and the perfection of its adaptation mechanisms. Botany is not just the science of stems and leaves; it is the study of the very foundation of the biosphere, understanding which is critically important for our common future and for preserving harmony on Earth.
Angiosperms
The most extensive and advanced group of plants, characterized by having flowers and fruits.
Gymnosperms
An ancient group of seed plants whose seeds develop exposed on the scales of cones.
Ferns
Elegant spore-bearing plants that flourished millions of years ago and have remained faithful to the forests.
Bryophytes
Tiny pioneers of the land, forming soft emerald carpets in the most diverse corners of the planet.
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Today, science knows of more than 1073942 species of plants, and every year botanists discover about two thousand new taxa.
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Plants produce about 90% of all oxygen on Earth, and the world's forests are a key regulator of our planet's climate.
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One-seeded pussypaws
Calyptridium monospermum
A perennial herb native to western North America, recognized by its spoon-shaped basal leaves and unique one-seeded pussypaws inflorescences.
Descendants: 0
Species
Sand cress
Calyptridium monandrum
A small annual wildflower characterized by single-stamen flowers and a low-growing growth habit, native to sandy soils of California, Arizona, …
Descendants: 0
Species
Mount Hood pussypaws
Calyptridium umbellatum
A distinctive perennial wildflower known for its soft, paw-like pinkish flower clusters, native to sandy and gravelly slopes of western …
Descendants: 1
Species
Rosy pussypaws
Calyptridium roseum
A delicate annual wildflower native to the western United States, noted for its prostrate growth and distinctive rose-tinted, papery sepals.
Descendants: 0
Species
Pussypaws
Calyptridium
A genus of low-growing, rosette-forming annual and perennial herbs famous for their soft, paw-like flower clusters.
Descendants: 20
Genus
Alpine water-lettuce
Neopaxia
A genus of low-growing, succulent-leaved perennial herbs native to wet, alpine, and subalpine habitats of the Southern Hemisphere.
Descendants: 9
Genus
False stonecrop
Sedopsis
A genus of small succulent herbs native to the arid and rocky mountainous regions of central Australia.
Descendants: 3
Genus
Hutton's ginkgoite
Ginkgoites huttoni
An extinct Middle Jurassic ginkgophyte species celebrated for exceptionally preserved leaf fossils found in the Yorkshire area of the United …
Descendants: 0
Species
Forked fan-maidenhair tree
Baiera furcata
An extinct gymnosperm species from the Mesozoic era, recognized by its deeply dissected, ribbon-like leaf segments.
Descendants: 0
Species
Fan maidenhair tree
Baiera
An extinct genus of prehistoric gymnosperms within the order Ginkgoales, characterized by deeply lobed, fan-shaped leaves and known from the …
Descendants: 11
Genus
Ancestral maidenhair tree
Ginkgoites
An extinct form genus of Ginkgoaceae plants that spanned from the Triassic to the Paleogene, featuring leaves structurally similar to …
Descendants: 8
Genus
Bat-wing fern
Chiropteris
An extinct genus of fossil plants that thrived from the Early Permian to the Late Jurassic, characterized by circular leaves …
Descendants: 1
Genus
Green plants
Viridiplantae
Viridiplantae, commonly known as green plants, is a major clade of eukaryotic organisms comprising green algae and land plants, serving …
Descendants: 7
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