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
pigments in rhodophycea
R-phycocyanin
R-phycoerythrin
b carotene
chlorophyll -a and d
unicellular red algae
porphyridium
chara
chlorophycea
harveyella
parasitic algae
chondrus crispus
irish moss- red algae
red snow
haematococcus- red algae
stone wart
chara
amphibian of the plant kingdom
bryophyta