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The plant kingdom: multicellular eukaryotic organisms that generate their own energy through photosynthesis, typically fixed in place by roots, with cell walls built from cellulose. Plantae ranges from mosses and ferns with no seeds or flowers to the conifers and flowering plants that dominate most of Earth's land surface today.

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Disputed
Member Species/Taxa Count
390,000 1
Approximate described-species (or, for a genus, described-taxon) count; continually revised as species are newly described, reclassified or synonymized.
Taxonomic Rank
Kingdom 1
Scientific Name
Plantae 1
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Eukarya, Taxa

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Sources
1. Catalogue of Life
Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of LifeView the Source
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