Kingdom: Plantae
Division (or Phylum):
- Bryophyta (non-vascular plants): mosses, liverworts
- Pterophyta (seedless vascular plants): ferns, horsetails, club mosses
- Gymnospermae (naked seed plants): conifers, cycads, ginkgoes
- Angiospermae (flowering plants): monocots, dicots
Class:
Within Angiospermae:
Monocots:
- Liliopsida: grasses, lilies, palms, orchids
Dicots:
- Magnoliopsida: roses, beans, sunflowers, trees
Order:
- Rosales: roses, apples, plums, strawberries
- Fabales: peas, beans, lentils, soybeans
- Asterales: daisies, sunflowers, dandelions, lettuce
- Poales: grasses, wheat, corn, rice
Family:
- Rosaceae: roses, apples, plums
- Fabaceae: peas, beans, lentils
- Asteraceae: daisies, sunflowers, dandelions
- Poaceae: grasses
Genus:
- Rosa: roses
- Malus: apples
- Helianthus: sunflowers
- Oryza: rice
Species:
- Rosa canina: wild rose
- Malus domestica: apple
- Helianthus annuus: common sunflower
- Oryza sativa: rice