Plant kingdom Flashcards
Algae habitat
Aquatic, Damp soil, moist rocks
Achlorophilous gametophyte that depends on on sporophytes is found in
Spermatophyta
Atracheophytic embryophytic orgs are
Bryophyta
Only non embryophytic plants are
Algae
Haplontic life cycle is mainly seen in ___ with ___ sexual organs
Thallophyta except Fucus, Ectocarpous and Polysiphonia..
Antheridium and Oogonium
Phanerogams are
Spermatophytes
Associations of algae
Lichens with fungi and with animals like sloth bears
What is present above cell wall of algae
Mucilaginous sheath
Complete thalloid body is present in
Thallophytes
Pollen and Ovule is produced by ___ and ___ in ___ life cycle
Androecium, Gynoecium
Diplontic- spermatophytes and Fucus
Universal pigments of algae are
Chl- A and Beta carotene
Asexual rep in algae includes
Zoospores- Motile, Fav
Akinetes, Hypno, Aplano- unfav
Which has the only multicellular and jacketed sex organ in algae
Chara- Chlorophyceae
Male- globule, Fem- Nucule
Which grp of algae is mostly diploid (diplohaplontic)
Brown- Phaeophyceae
like Kelps and ectocarpous. Fucus- diplontic
Chalmydomonas debaryanum reproduces by
Isogamy
Zygotic meiosis is seen in
Algae- Haplontic life cycle.
Eudorina (algae) has ___ repro
Anisogamous
Zooidogamy and Siphanogamy are types of
Oogamy
Siphano- Pnly higher gmno and angio
Spore mother cell is formed in ___ lifecycle
Haplodiplontic. Show alternation of generation
Father of indian algae is ____ who found ___
MOP Iyyengar, Spirogyra Iyyengarai
Colonial thallophytes are
Volvox
Stone warts are similar to ___ but are stationary and dont float
Hydrilla
(Stone warts==Chara. Grows on freshwater stone)
Protogyni is seen in ___ algae
Chara- Nucule matures before Globule
Floridian starch is the stored food material of
Rhodophyceae (similar to animal glycogen and amylopectin)
Multicellular and jacketed sex organ of chara are found in its ____ branch
Lateral
Classification of algae is based on
Photosynthetic pigments, Storage food, Cell wall material
Largest unicellular algae is
Acetabularia- umbrella shaped
Pyrunoids for storage are present in
Chlorophyceae members- starch around protein
Pond wool has ____ chloroplast shape
Girdle- Ulothrix
Rolling algae is
Volvox
Soft and slippery surface of algae is because of
Pectin on the outside of cellulose in cell wall
Grass green colour of chlorophyceae is given by
Chl-a and chl-b
Coenobium refers to
colony with fixed number of cells that have division of labour in colonial algae like volvox
Isokant flagella are in ___
Chlorophyceae- 2 to 8 or nil
Hypnospore formation in ____ makes:
Chlamydomanas nivalis
Snow- red (spore colour is red)
Most advanced grp of algae is chloro because
has all 3 types of repro
Air bladder is present in ___ phaeophyceae
Fucus
c3 cycle was discovered by whom in what
Melvin calvin, Chlorella with C-14 radiolabelled isotope
Star shaped chloroplast is present in
Zygnima
Chara and Chlorella have ___ shaped chloroplasts
Disk
Chloro are more abundantly present in ___ water
Freshwater
Plate shaped chloroplast is there in
Fritillaria
Fritschiella as per module
Non autotrophic parasite that causes Red rust on tea leaves is
Cephaluras- Chlorophyceae
___ algae is mostly found in brackish water
Brown
Leafy algae are
Brown- cuz of frond=== lamina
Hydrocolloids (Phycocolloids) present i phaeophyceae has ___
water holding capacity
Storage food of brown algae is
Laminarin, Mannitol (complex carbs)
____ type of xanthophyll is present in phaeophyceae
Fucoxanthin
Kelps belong to __ algae
phaeophyceae
Sulphated phycocolloid is
Agar agar and Carrageen in rhodophyceae
Dictyota is a member of
phaeophyceae
—— phaeophyceae members help prevent goitre
Laminaria and fucus
Only unicellular red algae is
Poryphyridium
___ shaped gametes (Pyriform) have 2 unequal flagellas in phaeophyceae
Pear
Gulf weed is
Sargassum
Sargasso sea is present in N atlantic ocean
Most primitive algal grp is
rhodo