3. BASIC CHARACTERISTICS OF
ALGAE
PLANT BODY IS NOT DIFFERENTIATED OR
THALLOID
THEY ARE CHLOROPHYLL BEARING THEREFORE,
PHOTOSYNTHETIC
THEY CAN EXISTS IN COLONIAL(VOLVOX) AND
FILAMENTOUS FORM (SPIROGYRA)
BOTH ASEXUAL AND SEXUAL REPRODUCTION CAN
TAKE PLACE
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION BY FRAGMENTATION AND
SEXUAL BY ISOGAMOUS,ANISOGAMOUS AND
OOGAMOUS
THEY CAN BE FOUND IN MARINE AND FRESH
WATER
4. ALGAE HAS FURTHER 3 DIVISIONS ;
1. CHLOROPHYCEAE
2. PHAEOPHYCEAE
3.
4. RHODOPHYCEAE
5. THEY ARE FOUND IN FRESH WATER AND IN MARINE
WATER
THEY ARE GREEN DUE TO CHLOROPHYLL A AND B
THE INNER LAYE OF CELL WALL IS MADE UP OF
CELLULOSE AND OUTER LAYER OF PECTOSE
THEIR CHLOROPLAST CAN BE CUP SHAPED ,
RETICULATE, SPIRAL OR RIBBON SHAPED
THEY HAVE STORAGE BODIES CALLED PYRENOID
LOCATED IN CHLOROPLAST
BOTH SEXUAL AND ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION TAKE
PLACE
THEY CAN BE IN FILAMENTOUS(SPIROGYRA) OR
COLONIAL FORM(VOLVOX)
EXAMPLE: SPIROGYRA , VOLVOX AND CHALYDOMONAS
6. THEY ARE GREEN DUE TO PRESENCE OF
CHLOROPHYLL A AND C AND DOMINANCE OF
FUCOXANTHIN
THEIR CELL WALL IS MADE UP OF CELLULOSE
AND ALGIN
THEY ARE FOUND IN MARINE HABITAT
FOOD IS STORED IN THE FORM OF
LAMMINARIN AND MANNITOL
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTION TAKE PLACE BY
BIFLAGELLATED ZOOSPORES AND SEXUAL
REPRODUCTION BY
ISOGAMOUS,OOGAMOUSAND ANISOGAMOUS
7. CHLOROPHYLL A AND D IS PRESENT AND THEY
ARE RED DUE TO DOMINANCE OF R-
PHYCORYTHRIN
FOOD IS STORED IN THE FORM OF FLORIDEAN
STARCH
FOUND IN MARINE WATER ESPACIALLY IN
WARMER AREAS
CELL WALL IS MADE UP OF CELLULOSE, PECTIN
AND POLY SULPHATE ESTERS
EXAMPLES ARE PORPHYRA GELLIDIUM AND
GRACILARIA
8. CHLORELLA A UNICELULAR ALGAE USED
AS A FOOD BY MANY SPACE TRAVELLERS
HALF OF THE CO2 FIXATION IN EARTH IS
DONE BY ALGAE
AGAR, A COMMERCIAL PRODUCT IS
OBTAINED FROM GELLIDIUM AND
GRACILARIUM USED IN MAKING JELLIES
AND ICE CREAMS
PORPHYRA, LAMINARIA AND SARGASSUM
ARE SOME MARINE ALGAE USED AS FOOD.
9. THE BODY IS NOT WELL DIFFERENTIATED . IT POSSESS
ROOT LIKE LEAF LIKE AND STEM LIKE STRUCTURES
ALSO KNOWN AS AMPHIBIAN OF PLANT KINGDOM AS
THEY CAN SURVIVE IN BOTH LAND AND WATER AND
THEY REQUIRES WATER FOR SEXUAL REPODUCTION
THE MAIN PLANT BODY IS HAPLOID AND DOMINANT
PHASE IS GAMETOPHYTIC PHASE .
THE MALE SEX ORGAN IS ANTHREDIUM AND FEMALE
SEX ORGAN IS ARCHEGONIUM WHICH PRODUCES
ANTHEROZOIDS AND EGGS .
BY THE HELP OF WATER THE FUSION TAKE PLACE AND
ZYGOTE DO NOT UNDERGOES REDUCTION –DIVISION
BUT MULTIPLIES TO FORM MULTICELLULAR
SPOROPHYTE
THIS MULTICELLULAR SPOROPHYTE SHOWS MEOSIS
AND PRODUCES HAPLOID SPORES WHICH GERMINATES
TO FORM GAMETOPHYTE .
10. LIVERWORTS AND MOSSES ARE FOUND IN SHADY
DAMP AND MOIST PLACES
ASEXUAL REPRODUCTON IN LIVERWORT TAKE
PLACE BY FRAGMENTATON AND FORMATION OF
SPECIAL STRUCTURES CALLED GEMMAE.
GEMMAE ARE GREEN MULTICELLULAR AND
ASEXUAL BUDS DEVELOPED IN SMALL
REPTACLES CALEED GEMMAE CUPS
IN MOSSES DOMINANT PHASE IS GAMETOPHYTIC
THE FIRST STAGE IS PROTENEMA STAGE WHICH
DEVELOPS DIRECTLY FROM SPORES .
PROTONEMA STAGE IS CREEPING ,GREEN,
BRANCHED AND FREQUENTLY GROWN
FILAMENTOUS STAGE
11. DOMINANT PHASE IS DIPLOID,SPOROPHYTIC
PHASE .
THEY HAVE WELL DIFFERENTIATED BODY
THEY ARE FIRST TERRESTRIAL PLANTS
WELL DEVELOPED VASCULAR TISSUES
THEY ARE USED AS ORNAMENTALS
USED FOR MEDICIANAL PURPOSE AND AS SOIL
BLENDERS
THEY CAN BE HOMOSPOROUS AND
HETEROSPOROUS
MOSTLY ARE HOMOSPOROUS THAT PRODUCES
SAME KIND OF SPORES AND PRODUCES A
PROTHALLUS WHICH IS A FREE LIVING HAPLOID
AND BISEXUAL GAMETOPHYTE
12. THIS PROTHALLUS PRODUCES MALE(N) AND
FEMALE GAMETES (n)AND DIPLOID ZYGOTE IS
FORMED WHICH DEVELOPS INTO A SPROPHYTE
(2N).
IN THE CASE OF HETEROSPOROUS ONE MACRO
AND MICRO SPORE AS IN SALVINIA AND
SELEGINELLA ARE PRODUCED WHICH DEVELOPS
INTO MALE GAMETOPHYTE AND FEMALE
GAMETOPHYTE .
THERE ARE FOUR CLASSIFICATIONS UNDER
PTERIDOPHYTES: 1) PTEROPSIDA-PTERIS 2)
PSILOPSIDA-PSILOTUM 3) LYCOPSIDA-
LYCOPODIUM, SELAGINELLA 4) SPHENOPSIDA-
EQUISETUM
13. THE DOMINANT PHASE IS DIPLOID SPOROPHYTIC PHASE.
THEY HAVE WELL DIFFERENTIATED BODY INTO LEAVES
ROOTS AND STEM
THEIR OVARY IS NOT COVERED WITH OVARY WALL
THEREFORE KNOWN AS PLANT WITH NAKED SEED
ROOT IS GENERALLY TAP ROOT . ROOTS OF SOME
GENERA LIVES IN FUNGAL ASSOCIATION TO FORM
MYCORRHIZA(PINUS) WHILE SOME SMALL SPECIALISED
ROOTS(CYCAS) CALLED CORALLOID ROOTS LIVES IN
ASSOCIATION WITH N2 FIXING CYNOBACTERIA
THEY CAN BE OF MEDIUM SIZE OR TALL TREES AND
SHURBS
STEM CAN BE BRANCHED (PINUS ) AND UNBRANCHED IN
CYCAS
LEAVES ARE WELL ADAPTED TO LIVE IN EXTREME HABITAT
14. IN GYMNOSPERMS LIKE CONIFERS , THEY HAVE NEEDLE
LIKE LEAVES WHICH REDUCES SURFACE AREA . THEY HAVE
THICK CUTICLE AND SUNKEN STOMATA WHICH REDUCES
WATER LOSS
LARGET GYMNOSPERM- RED WOOD TREE (SEQUOIA)
CYCAS IS A LIVING FOSSIL
THEY ARE TRULY HETEROSPOROUS
MALE CONE OR STROBILI HAVE MICROSPOROPHYLL AND
FEMALE CONE OR STROBILLI HAVE MEGASPOROPHYLL
THESE SPOROPHYLL HAVE SPORANGIUM WHICH AFTER
MEOSIS PRODUCES HAPLOID SPORES WHICH DEVELOPS
INTO GAMETOPHYTES
THESE GAMETOHYTES FUSES AND FORMS DIPLOID
SPOROPHYTE
MICROSPORANGIUM PRODUCES HAPLOID SPORES WHICH
DEVELOPS INTO POLLEN GRAIN WHILE MEGASPORANGIUM
PRODUCES HAPLOID SPORES WHICH DEVELPS INTO
ARCHEGONIUM THAT PRODUCES EGGS
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