Tag: chlorophyll

  • Vaucheria

    Vaucheria

    According to Fritsch system of classification, Vaucheria is placed in Chlorophyceae. Fritsch system of classification:                   Class – Chlorophyceae                  Order – Siphonales                  Family – Vaucheriaceae                  Genus – Vaucheria According to Smith, Vaucheria is placed under Xanthophyceae. Smith system of classification: Class – Xanthophyceae Order – Heterosiphonales Family – Vaucheriaceae Genus –Vaucheria which…

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  • Xanthophyceae (Yellow Green Algae)

    Xanthophyceae (Yellow Green Algae)

    General characteristics of Xanthophyceae Members of Xanthophyceae are commonly fresh water (Tribonema) and most of them are free floating. Plant body is unicellular (Heterochloris) or multicellular. The multicellular bodies also exhibit various forms like: Palmelloid (Chlorogloea), dendroid (Mischococcus), coccoid (Chlorobotrys), rhizopodial (Stipitococcus). Cells are eukaryotic with silica and pectin in cell wall. Chief pigment are…

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  • Ectocarpus

    Ectocarpus

    Systematic position Class- Phaeophyceae Order- Ectocarpales Family- Ectocarpaceae Genus – Ectocarpus Occurrence Plant body is cosmopolitan in distribution mainly in colder areas of temperate and polar region and along Atlantic coast About 16 species are reported in India. Majority of species are lithophytes (attached on rocks.) Some are marine algae few are fresh water forms.…

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  • PHAEOPHYCEAE (Brown Algae)

    PHAEOPHYCEAE (Brown Algae)

    Plant body is colonial, motile, non-motile, unbranched, filamentous immobile, multicellular and highly differentiated both externally and internally. It is characterised by the presence of golden brown xanthophylls pigment fucoxanthin which gives olive green color. Pigments lie in chromatophores. The reserve food is laminarin and mannitol. Laminarin is present in maximum quantity. The growth of plant…

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  • Order : Ectocarpales

    Order : Ectocarpales

    Important Characteristics Plant body is branched, heterotrichous and filamentous and some are psedoparenchymatous. Plant body elongates by intercalary growth. In filamentous form the cells are arranged uniseriatly. Each cell contains chloroplast with pyrenoids. Reproduction take place both asexually and sexually.  Asexual reproduction take place by plurilocular sporangia. Sexual reproduction take place by isogamy and anisogamy,…

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  • NUTRITION IN PLANTS – Class 7

    NUTRITION IN PLANTS – Class 7

    What are Plants? Plant cell have plastids, which is not present in animal cell.  Plants have cell wall, which is absent in animal cell. NUTRIENTS  • Nutrients are compounds in foods which are essential to life and health, providing us with   energy, the building blocks for repair and growth and substances necessary to   regulate chemical…

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