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Kingdom (biology)
Kingdom is the highest rank, after the domain, which is normally used in the biological taxonomy of all organisms. Each kingdom is split into phyla.
There are 5 to 7 kingdoms in taxonomy. Every living thing comes under one of these kingdoms and some symbionts, such as lichen, come under two. There are at least:
- Prokaryotes or Monera – the most simple living things: bacteria and archaea
- Protista – eukaryotes that are not plants, fungi, or animals
- Fungi – mushrooms, moulds and other fungi
- Plantae – all plants, such as moss, trees and grass
- Animalia – all animals, including people. See List of animal phyla
- Chromalveolata – plastids containing chlorophyll.
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