The conquest of land by plants and their proliferation is an amazing biologic story. This vivid, colorful video highlights the evolution of plants, while also describing the major groupings of modern-day plants. Concepts and terminology include: chloroplasts, photosynthetic pigments, cell wall, green algae, nonvascular plants, vascular plants, gymnosperm, angiosperm, alteration of generations, Bryophyta, Hepaticophyta, Anthocerotophyta, Pteridophyta, Lycophyta, Sphenophyta, Psilotophyta, Coniferophyta, Cycadophyta, Gnetophyta, Ginkgophyta, and Anthophyta.

Originally released by Visual Learning, 2010. Streaming video file encoded with permission for digital streaming by Infobase on April 18, 2015.

Origin of Plants (3:20); --Nonvascular Plants (2:56); -- Seedless Vascular Plants (3:26); -- Gymnosperms (2:32); -- Angiosperms (2:26); -- Video Review (0:59); -- Video Assessment (3:19); -- Credits: Origin and Diversity of Plants (0:49); .