vascular plants
- Subject Category
- F Plant Science and Plant Products
- S Biological Sciences
- Definition
- Plants containing specialized vascular tissue (xylem and phloem) which are more highly evolved than such bryophytes as mosses and liverworts. Vascular plants include ferns, gymnosperms, and angiosperms.
- Definition Source
- NAL Thesaurus Staff
- RDF/XML Format:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/204172.rdf
- Persistent URI:
- http://lod.nal.usda.gov/nalt/204172
- Broader Term
- plants (botany)
- Related Term
- non-vascular plants
- Spanish
- plantas vasculares
- Term Number
- 204172