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Do plants have a nervous system?

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But most botanists agree that plants don't have networks of cells that have evolved specifically for rapid electrical signaling across long distances, as most animals do. Plants simply don't have true nervous systems. read more

Plants have no need for a nervous system. Assuming you mean green plants, single celled organisms, first gained an advantage for survival by incorporating chloroplasts into the cells. From that point adaptations favored the most successful, and nothing about a nervous system would have helped them survive better that other green plants. read more

Second, although those proteins more than likely do not have “neural” functions in plants, some plant proteins do behave in ways very similar to neural molecules. Third, some plants seem to show synapse-like regions between cells, across which neurotransmitter molecules facilitate cell-to-cell communication. read more

Plants can transmit information "from leaf to leaf in a very similar way to our own nervous systems," BBC News wrote. The article continues to assert that plants remember information and use "information encrypted in the light to immunize themselves against seasonal pathogens." Plants cannot think or remember. read more

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