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Plant 
Classification 
How do we classify? 
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What is chocolate sauce? 
It is a food 
It is a dessert 
It is a liquid 
It is a thick liquid 
Caramel 
It is chocolate sauce! 
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There are seven main levels of 
classification 
• Kingdom 
• Phylum 
• Class 
• Order 
• Family 
• Genus 
• Species 
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Let’s Classify Strawberries! 
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Kingdom: Plantae 
• They are plants! 
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Phylum: Angiosperms 
• Because they have flowers (tomatoes and 
peppers do too) 
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Class: Magnoliopsida 
• Because of the leaves on the young plants 
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Order: Rosales 
• Because of the petals on the flowers 
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Family: Rosaceae 
• Because of their flowers and fruit 
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Genus: Fragaria 
• Fragaria means strawberry! 
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Species: there are a lot! 
• There are many species of strawberries! 
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Lesson 12 plant classification

  • 1. Plant Classification How do we classify? © Copyright 2012 The Aquaponic Source, Inc 1
  • 2. What is chocolate sauce? It is a food It is a dessert It is a liquid It is a thick liquid Caramel It is chocolate sauce! © Copyright 2012 The Aquaponic Source, Inc 2
  • 3. There are seven main levels of classification • Kingdom • Phylum • Class • Order • Family • Genus • Species © Copyright 2012 The Aquaponic Source, Inc 3
  • 4. Let’s Classify Strawberries! © Copyright 2012 The Aquaponic Source, Inc 4
  • 5. Kingdom: Plantae • They are plants! © Copyright 2012 The Aquaponic Source, Inc 5
  • 6. Phylum: Angiosperms • Because they have flowers (tomatoes and peppers do too) © Copyright 2012 The Aquaponic Source, Inc 6
  • 7. Class: Magnoliopsida • Because of the leaves on the young plants 7 © Copyright 2012 The Aquaponic Source, Inc
  • 8. Order: Rosales • Because of the petals on the flowers © Copyright 2012 The Aquaponic Source, Inc 8
  • 9. Family: Rosaceae • Because of their flowers and fruit © Copyright 2012 The Aquaponic Source, Inc 9
  • 10. Genus: Fragaria • Fragaria means strawberry! 10 © Copyright 2012 The Aquaponic Source, Inc
  • 11. Species: there are a lot! • There are many species of strawberries! © Copyright 2012 The Aquaponic Source, Inc 11