CLADE 8 Flashcards
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CLADE 8
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VIRIDPLANTAE
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CLADE 8 DISTINGUISING characteristics
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All are photosynthetic—closest relatives of land plants
Single celled or multi cellular
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CLADE 8 Representative organisms and facts
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RED ALGAE–red to blue pigments: phycobillins, phycoerythrin
GREEN ALGAE: CHL a / CHL b
a. CHLAmydomonas
b. VOLVox
c. Oedogonium
d. SPYROgyra
e. ULVA
f. CHARA/Nitella-direct ancestors of plants
