plant species
Type of vegetation
A plant species is a fundamental category in biological classification, grouping plants that share characteristics and can interbreed.
The term appears constantly in botany, ecology, and conservation: The rainforest contains thousands of plant species, Several plant species are endangered.
While "species" alone often suffices in context, "plant species" specifies the kingdom when distinguishing from animal or fungal species.
- genusTaxonomic rank above species
- cladeMonophyletic taxonomic group
- classGrouping by shared traits
- medicinal herbsPlants with curative properties
- cultivarBred plant variety
cover crop · crop rotation · taxonomy · fiber crops · food plants · cash crop · pollination · subspecies · seed dispersal · sexual reproduction · succulent · climbing vine · wild flower · family · native · leaf · wildflower · endangered
- speciescritically endangered, subspecies
- rainforeststropical rainforest, canopy layer, forest floor, emergent layer, understory
- botanybotany, plants, root, leaf, photosynthesis
- biodome featurestropical zone, rainforest, savanna, wetlands, butterfly house
- plantstree, plants, leaves, bluebonnet, trees
- Balkan ecologyDanube River, Carpathian Mountains, Transylvania
plant speciesfauna
Animal life collectively
animal kingdom · animalia · animal life · fungus · fungi