Plant Kingdom Flashcards
Cell wall in Chlorophyceae
Cellulose
Flagellar no. and position of insertions in Chlorophyceae
2-8 equal and apical
exception:spirogyra
Stored food in Chlorophyceae
Starch
Major pigments in Chlorophyceae
Chl a Chl b
Cell wall in Phaeophyceae
Cellulose
Algin
Flagellar no. and position of insertions in Phaeophyceae
2
unequal
lateral
Stored food in Phaeophyceae
Mannitol ,
laminarin
Major pigments in Phaeophyceae
Chl a and Chl c and Fucoxanthin
Cell wall in Rhodophyceae
Cellulose
pectin
polysulphate esters
Flagellar no. and position of insertions in Rhodophyceae
Absent
Stored food in Rhodophyceae
Floridean starch
Major pigments in Rhodophyceae
Chl a and Chl d and Phycoerythrin
Agar is obtained from
Gelidium and gracillaria
Chlorella is unicellular or multicellular?
unicellular algae used as food supplement by space travellers
Pyrenoids
storage bodies located in chloroplasts in which both proteins and starch are +nt
isogamous sexual reproduction examples in algae
Chlamydomonas Cladophora Ulothrix Ectocarpus Spirogyra
Oogamous sexual reproduction examples in algae
Sargassum
volvox
fucus
Asexual reproduction in Chlorophyceae is by
Zoospores
Chlorophyceae examples are
Ulothrix Volvox Chara Chlamydomonas Spiryogyra Chlorella
Thallus of brown algae is divided into three parts
Lamina
Stipe
Holdfast