plant kingdom Flashcards
filamentous green algae
spirogyra
largest unicellular plant
Acetabularia
coenocytic algae
caulerpa
thalloid/ parenchymatous algae
Ulva
parasitic algae
cephaleuros and harveyella
colonial algae
volvox
umbrella plant
acetabularia
physiological anisogamy
spirogyra
ulothrix[type of syngamy]
isogamy
ectocarpus [type of syngamy]
isogamy
single cell proteins
proteins obtained from microbes.eg. chlorella and spirullina
what is food in chlorophycea stored in?
pyrenoids
rolling algae
volvox
structure of phaeophycea
i) filamentous
ii) thallus like body differentiated into lamina, stipe and holdfast
pigments in phaeophycea
b carotene
chlorophyll- a and c
fucoxanthin
shape of gametes of phaeophycea
pyriform shaped with two lateral flagella