Modern Plant Kingdom Classification — NEET Biology
📚 Practice ConceptWe must stress here that our understanding of the plant kingdom has changed over time. Fungi, and members of the Monera and Protista having cell walls have now been excluded from Plantae though earlier classifications placed them in the same kingdom. So, the cyanobacteria that are also referred to as blue green algae are not 'algae' any more. In this chapter, we will describe Algae, Bryophytes, Pteridophytes, Gymnosperms and Angiosperms under Plantae.
Assertion (A): Fungi are no longer classified under plant kingdom. Reason (R): Fungi have cell walls made of cellulose and are photosynthetic.
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Correct answer: C — A is true, but R is false
Fungi are excluded from Plantae. However, their cell walls are made of chitin, and they are not photosynthetic.
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