The five kingdoms

Moneras kingdom

They are prokaryotic organisms, usually unicellular, which can be autotrophic or heterotrophic.

Bacteria and cyanophyceae algae belong to this kingdom.

Protocist Kingdom

They are eukaryotic beings, unicellular or multicellular, and autotrophs or heterotrophs.


Protozoa and most algae belong to this kingdom.

Fungi kingdom

They are eukaryotic organisms, unicellular or multicellular, and always heterotrophic.

En este reino se incluyen los hongos y las levaduras.

Plant kingdom

Son seres eucariotas, pluricelulares y autótrofos.

plants without flowers

They do not contain flowers or seeds

They are the Bryophytes (mosses and liverworts) and the* Pteridophytes (ferns and horsetails)

plants with flowers

They are plants with flowers and seeds, which contain conductive vessels.


This group includes the gymnosperms (pines and cypresses) and the angiosperms (oaks and rockroses).

Animal kingdom

They are eukaryotic, multicellular and heterotrophic organisms.

They have tissues and organs

Invertebrate animals

Vertebrate animals

they have no backbone

They have a backbone