Austin Community College
Austin, Texas
 

This site contains images of representative genera from each phylum of the plant kingdom. It is intended to be a study resource for biology students at Austin Community College, although anyone is welcome to browse. Most images are available in two versions -- one with labels and one without.

  Diagrams and Drawings Relevant to Multiple Phyla
    Plant Kingdom Phyla
    Notes to Accompany "Plant Kingdom Phyla"
Primary Meristems and Primary Tissues
Leaf Compoundness
Flower Parts
  Anthocerotophyta -- hornworts
    Phaeoceros
  Hepatophyta -- liverworts
    Marchantia
Reboulia
Fossombronia
  Bryophyta -- mosses or "true mosses"
    Polytrichum 
  Psilophyta (or Psilotophyta) -- whisk fern
    Psilotum
  Lycophyta (or Lycopodophyta) -- club mosses or ground pines or lycopods
    Lycopodium
Selaginella
Isoetes
  Sphenophyta -- sphenophytes or horsetails
    Equisetum
  Pterophyta (or Pteridophyta or Filicinophyta) -- ferns or "true ferns"
    Thelypteris
Cyrtomium
Others
  Coniferophyta (or Pinophyta) -- conifers
    Pinus
Juniperus
  Cycadophyta -- cycads
    Cycas
Zamia
  Ginkgophyta -- ginkgo
    Ginkgo 
  Gnetophyta -- gnetophytes
    Ephedra
  Anthophyta (or Magnoliophyta or Angiospermophyta) -- flowering plants
    Magnolia - simple leaf
Carya (pecan) - once-compound leaf
Fraxinus (ash) - once-compound leaf
Melia (chinaberry) - twice-compound leaf
Mangifera (mango)
Theobroma (chocolate)
Ficus (banyan)
Rhizophora (mangrove)
Pandanus (screwpine)

  Related Links
    Austin Community College Homepage
Selected Botanical Links (University of Florida)


This site is a collaborative project. Dr. Stephen R. Bostic developed the content of these pages and contributed diagrams and field photographs. Linda Beaver was responsible for all other photography, photo imaging enhancement and web design. Development of this site was made possible by funds granted through the Faculty Development Office at
Austin Community College, Spring 2000.

Questions or comments about these web pages are welcome and can be directed to Dr. Stephen R. Bostic at bostic@austin.cc.tx.us