It is estimated that in the present world, the number of plant species is as …

The phylum Chytridiomycota contains five orders, 900 species and the single class Chytridiomycetes which contains …

With the invention of the microscope by van Leeuwenhoek in the seventeenth century, the systematic …

Biologists use the term ‘fungus’ to include eukaryotic, spore-bearing, achlorophyllous organisms that generally reproduce sexually …

A fungi is a group of eukaryotic heterotphic organisms members of which have chitinous cell …

Good to know A living cell can concentrate the solute, dead cell can’t. The suction …

The upward movement of water inside the plant is called ascent of sap. Pathway: Xylem. …

Uptake of water by plants more specifically by plant root hair is called water absorption. …

Systematic position According to Bentham and Hooker it is placed under the series Coronaricae. Engler …

Systematic position Bentham and Hooker placed it in the sub-class Gamopetalae, the series Bicarpellate and …