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PLANT VARIETY

THERE  ARE   MORE   THAN   500,000     SPECIES  OF PLANTS.
They    show   a  wide   diversity    of forms  and  styles,ranging , for  example ,  from  delicate    liverworts ,adapted  for  life     in  a  dump  habitat , to  cacti,  capable  of  surviving   in  the  desert ,and  from  herbaceous   plants ,  such  as  corn   which  completes  its  life -cycle  in  one    year ,to   the  giant  red wood   tree,  which  can  live  for  thousands  of  years .This  diversity     refelcts   the  adaptations  of  plants  to  survive  in  a   wide  range  of  habitats.   This  is  seen  most  clearly   in  the  flowering  plants ,  which  are   the  most   numerous ,   with  over 250,000  species ,  and  the  most  wide spread , being  found   from  the  tropics  to  the   poles .Despite    their   diversity  ,  plants  share   certain characteristics  typically  , plants  are  green ,  and  make  their   food  by   photosynthesis  ; and  most  plants  live  in  or  on a  substrate ,  such  as  soil , and do not   actively   move .Algae(kingdom protista)
and  fungi  (kingdom  fungi)   have  some  plants   characteristics  and  are  often  studied   alongside  plants ,  although  they  are  truly  not  plants.

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