Biodiversity

Classification of
Organisms
Prepare by:

Lee Wen Jie

4 Ibnu Khaldun
Foong Tze Hing 4 Ibnu Khaldun

Biodiversity
Biodiversity, generally refers to the variety

and variability oflifeon Earth. One of the

most widely used definitions defines it in
terms of the variability within species,
between species, and between
ecosystems.It is a measure of the variety of
organismspresent in differentecosystems.
This can refer togenetic variation,
ecosystem variation, orspeciesvariation
within an area,biome, orplanet.

Kingdom

It became the basis for newer multi-

kingdom systems such as the six-kingdom

system of Carl Woese and colleagues in
1977.
Animali
Fung
a
i
Plantae

Protista Monera

Kingdom
Animalia

Invertebrat
es

Vertebrat
es

Plantae

Flowerin
g
Plants

NonFlowerin
g Plants

Invertebrates
Invertebratesareanimalsthat

neither possess nor develop a

vertebral column, derived from the
notochord.Example: crab , bee and
ant.
Ant
Bee
Crab

Vertebrates
Vertebrates comprise all species of animals

within the subphylum Vertebrata.

Fish

Amphibia
ns

Frog
Shark

Reptile
s

Bird
Eagl
e

Crocodile

Mammals

Rabbit

Plantae
Flowering
Plants

NonFlowering
Plants

Example:

Flowering Plants

Theflowering plants(angiosperms),

also known
asAngiospermaeorMagnoliophyta,
are the most diverse group of
Like
angiosperms
land gymnosperms,
plants, with about
350,000 are
seed-producing
plants; they are
species .
distinguished from gymnosperms by
characteristics. Flowering plants made
up of monocotyledon and dicotyledon.
Hibiscus
Exampl
e:
Rose

Monocotyledon

Monocotyledons, commonly

referred to asmonocots, are

flowering plantswhoseseed s
typically contain only oneembryonic
leaf,
orcotyledon.
They constitute one of the major
groups into which the flowering
plants have traditionally been
divided, the rest of the flowering
plants having two cotyledons and
therefore classified asdicotyledons
, or dicots.

Dicotyledon
Thedicotyledons , also known asdicots(or

more rarelydicotyls), were one of the two

groups into which all theflowering plantsor
angiosperms were formerly divided.

The name refers to one of the typical

characteristics of the group, namely
that theseedhas two embryonic
leaves orcotyledons. There are
around 200,000specieswithin this
group.
Example
:

Non-flowering plants

Algae

Fung
Moss
i
Exampl
e

Fern

Algae
Algaeis an informal term for a large, diverse

group ofeukaryotesthat are not necessarily

closely related and are thuspolyphyletic.

Includedorganismsrange from
unicellulargenera, such asChlorella
and thediatoms, tomulticellular
forms, such as thegiant kelp, a large
brown algathat may grow up to
50meters in length.
Exampl
e:

Fungi
Afungiis any member of the group of

eukaryoticorganisms that includes

unicellular microorganisms such as
yeastsandmolds, as well as multicellular
fungi that produce familiar fruiting forms
known asmushrooms.
These organisms are classified as a
kingdom,Fungi, which is separate from
the other eukaryotic life kingdoms of
plantsandanimals.
Exampl
e:

Moss

Mossesare smallflowerlessplantsthat

typically grow in dense green clumps or

mats, often in damp or shady locations.
The individual plants are usually
composed of simple, one-cell thickleaves
, attached to astemthat may be
branched or unbranched and has only a
limited role in conducting water and
nutrients.
Example:

Fern
Afernis a member of a group of about

12,000speciesofvascular plantsthat
reproduce viasporesand have neither
seedsnorflowers. They differ from
mossesby being vascular (i.e. having
water-conducting
vessels).
They have branchedstemsandleaves,
like other vascular plants, but these are
megaphylls.
Exampl
e:

Protists
Protistsare the members of an informal

grouping of diverseeukaryoticorganismsthat
are notanimals,plantsorfungi. They do not
form a natural group, orclade, but are often
grouped together for convenience, likealgae
orinvertebrates.

Monera
Monerawas akingdomthat contained

unicellular organisms with aprokaryotic

cellorganization, such as bacteria.

The End