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APRS

Alien Plants Ranking System

Academic & Science » Botany

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AWVP

Ancient Woodland Vascular Plants

Miscellaneous » Unclassified

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APES

Animals , Plants and Environmental Sciences

Academic & Science » Biology

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AIGM

Assessing the Impact of General Motors Plants

Business » General Business

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AAMPS

Association for African Medicinal Plants Standards

Regional » African

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AAMPS

Association for African Medicinal Plants Standards

Community » Associations

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ASCP

Association of Swiss Compost Plants

Miscellaneous » Farming & Agriculture

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ACNP

Audubon Center for Native Plants

Academic & Science » Botany

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ANPS

Australian Native Plants Society

Academic & Science » Societies

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BEEP

Because Everyone Eats Plants

Miscellaneous » Unclassified

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CPWA

Carnivorous Plants of Western Australia

Regional » Australian

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CAIP

Center for Aquatic and Invasive Plants

Miscellaneous » Unclassified

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CIMAP

Central Institute of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants

Academic & Science » Botany

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CIMAP

Central Institute of Medicinal Aromatic Plants

Governmental » Institutes

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CSHP

Central Solar Heating Plants

Miscellaneous » Unclassified

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CEWEP

Centre for European Waste to Energy Plants

Regional » European

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CEWEP

Centre for European Waste to Energy Plants

Governmental » Energy

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CMEP

Centre for Middle Eastern Plants

Miscellaneous » Unclassified

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CMIP

Certified Manager of Invasive Plants

Miscellaneous » Awards & Medals

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CMIP

Certified Manager of Invasive Plants

Academic & Science » Botany

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XQ-9302

Chinese herbal medicine consisting of 20 plants

Medical » Prescription

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COPIS

Chinese Oil Plants Information System

Miscellaneous » Unclassified

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CHPP

Coal Handling Preparation Plants

Miscellaneous » Unclassified

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CCPP

Combined Cycle Power Plants

Miscellaneous » Unclassified

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CSP

Concentrating Solar Plants

Academic & Science » Botany

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What does plants mean?

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Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclude the fungi and some algae, as well as the prokaryotes (the archaea and bacteria). By one definition, plants form the clade Viridiplantae (Latin name for "green plants") which is sister of the Glaucophyta, and consists of the green algae and Embryophyta (land plants). The latter includes the flowering plants, conifers and other gymnosperms, ferns and their allies, hornworts, liverworts, and mosses. Most plants are multicellular organisms. Green plants obtain most of their energy from sunlight via photosynthesis by primary chloroplasts that are derived from endosymbiosis with cyanobacteria. Their chloroplasts contain chlorophylls a and b, which gives them their green color. Some plants are parasitic or mycotrophic and have lost the ability to produce normal amounts of chlorophyll or to photosynthesize, but still have flowers, fruits, and seeds. Plants are characterized by sexual reproduction and alternation of generations, although asexual reproduction is also common. There are about 320,000 known species of plants, of which the great majority, some 260,000–290,000, produce seeds. Green plants provide a substantial proportion of the world's molecular oxygen, and are the basis of most of Earth's ecosystems. Plants that produce grain, fruit, and vegetables also form basic human foods and have been domesticated for millennia. Plants have many cultural and other uses, as ornaments, building materials, writing material and, in great variety, they have been the source of medicines and psychoactive drugs. The scientific study of plants is known as botany, a branch of biology.

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