Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. They include familiar organisms such as trees, herbs, bushes,
grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The scientific study of plants, known as botany, has identified about 350,000
extant species of plants, defined as seed plants, bryophytes, ferns and fern allies. As of 2004, some 287,655 species had
been identified, of which 258,650 are flowering and 18,000 bryophytes.