Hi I'm Ash. I'm reading RHS Principles of horticulture and I'm at chapter 4, I'm having trouble understanding the first page. It's about plant kingdoms. What website could I look at to research what i don't understand in the book?
Yes it’s just another name for a large group ... all plants are in the group called the Plant Kingdom ... just like all animals are in the group called the Animal Kingdom.
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The six Kingdoms that is on the website isn't what it says in the Principles of Horticulture book. It says that there are 5 kingdoms. Are the kingdoms, plant, Animal, Protists, fungai, Archaebacteria, Eubacteria, then each group is split into divisions on what each plant, Animal is? I'm struggling to understand what it says in the book.
Perhaps the book was printed before the scientists decided that there is actually another group because they’ve discovered more about the subject.
I don’t think you need worry about the extra kingdom because it’s not part of the subject you’re studying. You’re only studying the Plant Kingdom 😊
From what you say in the second bit of your post, I think you’ve understood it properly.
The animal kingdom is divided into smaller groups like mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and so on and then each of those is divided into smaller groups.
The plant kingdom is also divided into groups and then smaller groups which are the ones you’re studying.
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Perhaps the book was printed before the scientists decided that there is actually another group because they’ve discovered more about the subject.
There were only 3 Kingdoms until really good microscopes were invented. We're now at 7 Kingdoms as of 2015 although that's down from a previous 8 Kingdom model circa 1993-1998.
For anyone concerned with plants though all you need to know is that plants are their own Kingdom and were split from fungi in 1969 (just in case your reading material is older than that).
If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
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I don’t think you need worry about the extra kingdom because it’s not part of the subject you’re studying. You’re only studying the Plant Kingdom 😊
From what you say in the second bit of your post, I think you’ve understood it properly.
The animal kingdom is divided into smaller groups like mammals, birds, reptiles, insects and so on and then each of those is divided into smaller groups.
The plant kingdom is also divided into groups and then smaller groups which are the ones you’re studying.
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