Group, Angiosperms.
Class, Monocotyledones.
Order, Liliales.
Family, Liliaceæ.
Genus, Trillium.
Species, grandiflorum.
In the same way the position of the toothwort would be indicated as
follows:
Group, Angiosperms.
Class, Dicotyledones.
Order, Papaverales.
Family, Cruciferæ.
Genus, Dentaria.
Species, diphylla.
But in giving the technical name of the plant only two of these names
are used, the genus and species, so that for the toothwort we say
_Dentaria diphylla_, and for the white wake-robin we say _Trillium
grandiflorum_.
=940. Kingdom and Subkingdom.=—Organic beings form altogether two
kingdoms, the Animal Kingdom and the Plant Kingdom. The Plant Kingdom
is then divided into a number of subkingdoms as follows: 1st,
Subkingdom Thallophyta, the thallus plants, including the Algæ and
Fungi; 2d, Subkingdom Bryophyta, the moss-like plants, including the
Liverworts and Mosses; 3d, Subkingdom Pteridophyta, the fern-like
plants, including Ferns, Lycopods, Equisetum, Isoetes, etc.; 4th,
Subkingdom Spermatophyta, the seed plants, including Gymnosperms and
Angiosperms. Subkingdoms are divided into groups of lower order down to
the classes. So there are subclasses, subfamilies or tribes, subgenera,
and even subspecies. But taking the principal taxonomic divisions from
the greater to the lesser rank, the order would be as follows:
Plant Kingdom.
Subkingdom, Spermatophyta.
Group (not used in a definite sense).
Class, Gymnospermæ.
Order, Pinales.
Family, Pinaceæ.
Genus, Pinus.
Species, strobus, or, in full,
Pinus strobus, the white pine.
Group Angiospermæ.
I. CLASS MONOCOTYLEDONES.
=941. Order Pandanales.=—Aquatic or marsh plants. The cattail
flags (Typha) and the bur-reeds (Sparganium), each representing a
family. The name of the order is taken from the tropical genus Pandanus
(the screw-pine often grown in greenhouses).
=942. Order Naiadales.=—Aquatic or marsh herbs. Three families
are mentioned here.
The pondweed family (Naiadaceæ), named after one genus, Naias. The
largest genus is Potamogeton, the species of which are known as
pondweeds. Ruppia occidentalis occurs in saline ponds in Nebraska, and
R. maritima along the seacoast and in saline districts in the interior.
The water-plantain family (Alismaceæ) includes the water-plantain
(Alisma) and the arrow-leaves (Sagittaria).
The tape-grass family (Vallisneriaceæ) includes the tape-grass, or
eel-grass (the curious Vallisneria spiralis).
=943. Order Graminales.=—Two families.
The grass family (Gramineæ), the grasses and grains.
The sedge family (Cyperaceæ), the sedges.
=944. Order Palmales=, with one family, Palmaceæ, includes the
palms, abundant in the tropics and extending into Florida. Cultivated
in greenhouses.
=945. Order Arales.=
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