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The scientific name for flowering plants is "Angiosperms". Flowering plants consists of about 90 percent of the Plant Kingdom. The total number of species which fall under this Plant kingdom of the flowering plants category exceeds 230,000 and many tropical species have not yet been named. At every conceivable habitat on earth you are bound to find flowering plants. From the deserts to the plains and the lush mountain meadows to the snowy areas of the earth, the presence of this plant species is all pervading. Some species of plants remain submersed in water. These types of plants are sometimes referred to a "seagrasses".
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They are few in number. This type of plant includes about 50 species in 12 genera. Generally speaking, all flowering plants produce some type of floral organ which is functional. In some floral families such as the Lemnaceae, the flowers are microscopic and are rarely seen by an observer casually. The sunflower family (Asteraceae), with about 24,000 species, the orchid family (Orchidaceae) with around 20000 species, and the legume or pea family (Fabaceae) with around 18000 species is the three largest flowering plant families among the flowering plants. The state of California includes around 5000 native and naturalized species of the flowering plant family.
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. Out of these existing 5000 native species, 41 percent of them belong to the following six plant families: sunflower family (Asteraceae), grass family (Poaceae), legume family (Fabaceae), snapdragon family (Scrophulariaceae), mustard family (Brassicaceae), and sedge family (Cyperaceae). The sunflower family (Asteraceae) with 24000 species and the orchid family (Orchidaceae) with 20000 species are the two largest plant families.
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Some of the largest among the non woody plants in the plant kingdom among the flowering plants' category would include sedges, lupines, asters, onions, rein orchids, tree orchids, bulb leaf orchids, dancing lady orchids, indigo, sorrel, geranium, nightshade, penstemon, and the locoweeds.
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