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{{Taxobox
| color = lightgreen
| name = Vascular Plants
| image = PinusSylvestris.jpg
| fossil_range = Early [[Silurian]] - Recent
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae (in part)
| subdivision_ranks = '''Divisions'''
| subdivision =
*Non-seed-bearing plants
**[[Horsetail|Equisetophyta]]
**[[Lycopodiophyta]]
**[[Psilotophyta]]
**[[fern|Pteridophyta]]
*Superdivision [[Spermatophyta]]
**[[Pinophyta]]
**[[Cycad|Cycadophyta]]
**[[Ginkgo|Ginkgophyta]]
**[[Gnetophyta]]
**[[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
}}
The '''vascular plants''' are plants in the kingdom [[Plantae]] (also called Viridiplantae) that have specialized tissues for conducting water. Vascular plants include the [[fern]]s, [[clubmoss]]es, [[horsetail]]s, [[flowering plant]]s, [[conifer]]s and other [[gymnosperm]]s. Scientific names are ''Tracheophyta'' and ''Tracheobionta'', but neither is very widely used. [[Nonvascular plant]]s include both earlier-derived lineages in Plantae ([[moss]]es, [[hornwort]]s, and [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]]s) and members of other kingdoms (the various [[alga]]e).
The vascular plants are set apart in two important ways:
# Vascular plants have vascular tissues, enabling the plants to evolve to a larger size. Non-vascular plants lack these and are restricted to relatively small sizes.
# In vascular plants, the principal generation phase is the ''[[sporophyte]]'', which is [[diploid]] with two sets of chromosomes per cell. In non-vascular plants, the principal generation phase is often the ''[[gametophyte]]'', which is [[haploid]] with one set of chromosomes per cell. See also ''[[alternation of generations]]'' and ''[[life history]]''.
Water transport happens in either xylem or phloem: [[xylem]] carries water and inorganic solutes upward toward the leaves from the roots, while [[phloem]] carries organic solutes throughout the plant.
====Members====
*Spore-bearing vascular plants
**[[Horsetail|Equisetophyta]] ~ horsetails
**[[Lycopodiophyta]] ~ clubmosses, spikemosses, quillworts
**[[Psilotophyta]] ~ whisk-ferns
**[[Fern|Pteridophyta]]~ ferns
*Seed-bearing vascular plants - Superdivision [[Spermatophyta]]
**[[Pinophyta]] ~ conifers
**[[Cycad]]ophyta ~ cycads
**[[Ginkgo]]phyta ~ ginkgoes
**[[Gnetophyta]] ~ gnetophytes
**[[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] ~ flowering plants
==See also==
*[[Fern ally|Fern allies]]
[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Botany]]
| color = lightgreen
| name = Vascular Plants
| image = PinusSylvestris.jpg
| fossil_range = Early [[Silurian]] - Recent
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae (in part)
| subdivision_ranks = '''Divisions'''
| subdivision =
*Non-seed-bearing plants
**[[Horsetail|Equisetophyta]]
**[[Lycopodiophyta]]
**[[Psilotophyta]]
**[[fern|Pteridophyta]]
*Superdivision [[Spermatophyta]]
**[[Pinophyta]]
**[[Cycad|Cycadophyta]]
**[[Ginkgo|Ginkgophyta]]
**[[Gnetophyta]]
**[[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]]
}}
The '''vascular plants''' are plants in the kingdom [[Plantae]] (also called Viridiplantae) that have specialized tissues for conducting water. Vascular plants include the [[fern]]s, [[clubmoss]]es, [[horsetail]]s, [[flowering plant]]s, [[conifer]]s and other [[gymnosperm]]s. Scientific names are ''Tracheophyta'' and ''Tracheobionta'', but neither is very widely used. [[Nonvascular plant]]s include both earlier-derived lineages in Plantae ([[moss]]es, [[hornwort]]s, and [[Marchantiophyta|liverwort]]s) and members of other kingdoms (the various [[alga]]e).
The vascular plants are set apart in two important ways:
# Vascular plants have vascular tissues, enabling the plants to evolve to a larger size. Non-vascular plants lack these and are restricted to relatively small sizes.
# In vascular plants, the principal generation phase is the ''[[sporophyte]]'', which is [[diploid]] with two sets of chromosomes per cell. In non-vascular plants, the principal generation phase is often the ''[[gametophyte]]'', which is [[haploid]] with one set of chromosomes per cell. See also ''[[alternation of generations]]'' and ''[[life history]]''.
Water transport happens in either xylem or phloem: [[xylem]] carries water and inorganic solutes upward toward the leaves from the roots, while [[phloem]] carries organic solutes throughout the plant.
====Members====
*Spore-bearing vascular plants
**[[Horsetail|Equisetophyta]] ~ horsetails
**[[Lycopodiophyta]] ~ clubmosses, spikemosses, quillworts
**[[Psilotophyta]] ~ whisk-ferns
**[[Fern|Pteridophyta]]~ ferns
*Seed-bearing vascular plants - Superdivision [[Spermatophyta]]
**[[Pinophyta]] ~ conifers
**[[Cycad]]ophyta ~ cycads
**[[Ginkgo]]phyta ~ ginkgoes
**[[Gnetophyta]] ~ gnetophytes
**[[Flowering plant|Magnoliophyta]] ~ flowering plants
==See also==
*[[Fern ally|Fern allies]]
[[Category:Plants]]
[[Category:Botany]]
