The Components of the Five-Kingdom System (Proposed by Robert ...
The Components of the Five-Kingdom System (Proposed by Robert ...
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<strong>The</strong> <strong>Components</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> <strong>Five</strong>-<strong>Kingdom</strong> <strong>System</strong><br />
(<strong>Proposed</strong> <strong>by</strong> <strong>Robert</strong> H. Whittaker in 1969)<br />
No.<br />
Subject<br />
KINGDOM<br />
Prokaryotae Fungi Protista Plantae Amimalia<br />
Example<br />
1. Chromosomes 1 >1 >1 >1 >1<br />
2.<br />
Nuclear<br />
membrane<br />
Absent<br />
(Prokaryotic)<br />
Present<br />
(Eukaryotic)<br />
Present<br />
(Eukaryotic)<br />
Present<br />
(Eukaryotic)<br />
Present<br />
(Eukaryotic)<br />
3. Cell walls<br />
Present<br />
(peptidoglycan)<br />
Present<br />
(chitin)<br />
Present or<br />
absent<br />
Present<br />
(mainly cellulose)<br />
Absent<br />
4. Nutrition<br />
Absorptive,<br />
photosyn<strong>the</strong>tic,<br />
or o<strong>the</strong>rs<br />
Absorptive<br />
Ingestive or<br />
photosyn<strong>the</strong>tic<br />
Photosyn<strong>the</strong>tic<br />
Ingestive<br />
5. Mobility<br />
Mobile or<br />
non-mobile<br />
non-mobile<br />
Mobile or<br />
non-mobile<br />
Non-mobile<br />
Mobile<br />
6.<br />
Tissue<br />
organization<br />
Lack tissue<br />
organization<br />
Not<br />
well-organized<br />
Not<br />
well-organized<br />
Well-organized<br />
Well-organized<br />
What are <strong>the</strong> kingdoms <strong>of</strong> organisms with <strong>the</strong> following features?<br />
1. With a cell wall made <strong>of</strong> chitin<br />
2. Photosyn<strong>the</strong>tic and well organized<br />
3. Absorptive and has cell walls and nuclear membranes<br />
4. With cellulosic cell walls<br />
5. Absorptive and has 1 chromosome<br />
6. Non-mobile and well-organized<br />
7. Photosyn<strong>the</strong>tic and not well-organized<br />
8. Photosyn<strong>the</strong>tic and lack tissue organization
KINGDOM PHYLUM (DIVISION) CLASS GENUS<br />
PROKARYOTAE<br />
Bacteriophyta<br />
(Traditional bacteria)<br />
Cyanophyta<br />
(Cyanobacteria or Blue green algae)<br />
Bacillus<br />
Staphylococcus<br />
Nostoc<br />
Phycomycetes<br />
Albugo<br />
Rhizopus<br />
FUNGI..<br />
Mycophyta<br />
Ascomycetes<br />
Saccharomyces<br />
Penicillium<br />
Aspergillus<br />
Peziza<br />
Basidiomycetes<br />
Agaricus<br />
Deuteromycetes<br />
Alternaria<br />
Rhodophyceae<br />
Polysiphonia<br />
PROTISTA..<br />
Phycophyta<br />
(Algae)<br />
Phaeophyceae<br />
Bacillariophyceae (Diatoms)<br />
Ectocarpus<br />
Sargassum<br />
Xanthophyceae<br />
Vaucheria<br />
Chlorophyceae<br />
Clamydomonas<br />
Spirogyra<br />
Bryophyta<br />
(Non-vascular plants)<br />
Hepaticopsida<br />
Bryopsida<br />
Marchantia<br />
Funaria<br />
PLANTAE..<br />
Pteridophyta<br />
(Vascular seedless plants)<br />
Pteropsida<br />
Lycopsida<br />
Adiantum<br />
Selaginella<br />
Spermatophyta<br />
(Vascular seed plants)<br />
Gymnospermae<br />
Pinus<br />
Angiospermae (Flowering plants)<br />
An outline <strong>of</strong> major plant and plant-related groups based on <strong>the</strong> <strong>Five</strong>-<strong>Kingdom</strong> classification system
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