Tag: parenchymatous
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General Characteristics of Chlorophyceae (Green Algae)
Grass green chromatophores. Presence of starch as reserve food Members of green algae mostly green in fresh water, a few in brackish and saline water and few are terrestrial. They show wide range of variations in their thallus structure like unicellular motile (Chlamydomonas), Coenobium(Volvox), palmelloid (Tetrospora), non motile (Chlorella), Dendroid (Ecballocystis), filamentous branched (Cladophora) and unbranched (Spirogyra), heterotrichous (Coleochaete), siphonaceous…
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Order: Volvocales
General characteristics of Volvocales Plant body is unbranched filamentous, but in ulvaceae it is parenchymatous or foliaceous. Cell are uninucleate and contain chloroplast of different types like C shaped, axial or parital etc. These are found in fresh water. e. g. Ulothrix some are grown in brackish water marine water and also on soil. Plant…