Plant Kingdon Flashcards
Earlier classification systems used
Gross superficial morphological characters - habit, colour, number and shape of leaves
Classification systems given by Linnaeus used
Structure of androecium
Characters more easily affected by environment
Vegetative characters
Artificial systems give equal weightage to
Vegetative and sexual characteristics
Natural classification system uses
External and internal features like ultrastructure, anatomy, embryology, phytochemistry
Natural classification for flowering plants was given by
George Bentham and Joseph Dalton Hooker
Phylogenetic classification assumes organisms belonging to same taxa have
Common ancestor
Numerical taxonomy is based on
All observable characters
In numerical taxonomy, each character is given
Equal importance
Cytotaxonomy includes
Cytological information like chromosome number, structure and behaviour
Chemotaxonomy uses
Chemical constituents of plant (DNA, proteins, etc.) to resolve confusions
Colonial algae
Volvox
Filamentous algae
Spirogyra, ultothrix
Vegetative reproduction in algae
By fragmentation
Asexual reproduction in algae
By spores [mainly zoospores (motile)]
Sexual reproduction in algae
Fusion of gametes
Isogamous flagellated gametes in algae
Ulothrix, chlamydomonas
Isogamous non-flagellated gametes in algae
Spirogyra
Anisogamous gametes in algae
Eudorina
Oogamy in algae
Volvox, fucus
% of total carbon dioxide fixation carried out by algae
At least 50%
Number of species of algae used as food with examples
70 species - Porphyra, laminaria, sargassum
Large amounts of hydrocolloids are produced by
marine brown (algin) and red (carrageen) algae
Agar is obtained from
Gracilaria and gelidium
Alga used as food supplement by space travellers
Chlorella (unicellular)
Pigments of chlorophyceae
Chlorophyll a, b
Pigments in chlorophyceae are
Localized in definite chloroplasts which may be discoid, plate like, reticulate, cup shaped, spiral or ribbon shaped
Storage bodies of chlorophyceae
Pyrenoids (protein + starch) - located inside chloroplast
Some store food as oil droplets
Cell wall of green algae
Inner layer of cellulose and outer layer of pectose
Asexual reproduction in chlorophyceae
Flagellated zoospores produced in zoosporangia
Examples of chlorophyceae
Chlamydomonas, spirogyra, volvox, chara, ulothrix
Members show great variation in size and form
Brown algae
Simple branched filamentous brown algae
Ectocarpus
Kelps may reach a height of
100 metres
Pigments of phaeophyceae
Chlorophyll a, c, carotenoids, xanthophylls
Colour of brown algae varies from
Olive green to brown depending on the amount of fucoxanthin present
Food stored in brown algae
Complex carbohydrates - laminarin and mannitol
Cell wall of brown algae
Cellulosic, with a gelatinous coating of algin
In brown algae in addition to plastids, protoplast contains
Centrally located vacuole and nucleus
Plant body of brown algae is differentiated into
Frond, stipe and holdfast
Asexual reproduction in brown algae
Pyriform biflagellated heterokont zoospores (flagella are laterally attached)
Examples of phaeophyceae
Ectocarpus, dictyota, laminaria, sargassum, fucus
Brown algae are mostly found in
Salt water
Pigment in red algae
Chlorophyll a, d, R- phycoerythrin, R- phycocyanin