| A | B |
| Taxonomy | The system of classification that was developed by Carolus Linnaeus. |
| appearance | morphology |
| binomial name | The plant name that consists of two parts: genus and species |
| genus | The first name of a plant that is a label. |
| species | The second name of a plant that describes the specimen. |
| nonvascular | The classification name for plants that do not contain conducting tissues or true roots, stems and leaves. |
| vascular | The classification name for plants that have specialized conducting tissue and differentiated roots, leaves and stems. |
| lower vascular | Plants that have vascular systems but reproduce through spores, not seeds. |
| higher vascular | Plants that have vascular systems but reproduce through seeds, not spores. |
| gymnosperms | Vascular plants that produce cones. |
| magnoliophyta | Plants that produce flowers . |
| monocotyledon | Magnoliophyta that have one cotyledon |
| dicotyledons | Magnoliophyta that have two colyledons. |