A plastid is a membrane-bound organelle found in the cells of plants, algae, and some other eukaryotic organisms. Plastids are considered to be intracellular endosymbiotic cyanobacteria.
Plant cells with visible chloroplasts
Leucoplasts in plant cells.
An illustration of the stages of inter-conversion in plastids
Archaeplastida or archaeplastids, sometimes also regarded as the kingdom Plantae sensu lato, are a large group of eukaryotes comprising the major clades Viridiplantae and Rhodophyta, as well as the mi