Volvox is a free-floating freshwater planktonic green alga of the class Chlorophyceae. Class: Chlorophyceae Order: Volvocales Sub-order: Chlamydomonadineae Family: Volvocaceae Genus: Volvox Salient Features of Volvox The salient features of…
Chlamydomonas is a unicellular, motile, green alga of the class Chlorophyceae. Class: Chlorophyceae Order: Volvocales Sub-order: Chlamydomonadineae Family: Chlamydomonadaceae Genus: Chlamydomonas Salient Features of Chlamydomonas The salient features of Chlamydomonas…
Marchantia is the most prominent genus in the family Marchantiaceae of the order Marchantiales. They prefer to grow in moist and shady places like wet open woodlands, banks of streams,…
Riccia is the most widely distributed genus in the family Ricciaceae of the order Marchantiales. They commonly grow in moist soil, particularly during and after rain. In Riccia, the gametophytic…
Vaucheria is a freshwater green alga of the class Xanthophyceae. Class: Xanthophyceae Order: Vaucheriales Family: Vaucheriaceae Genus: Vaucheria Salient Features of Vaucheria The salient features of Vaucheria are as follows:…
Reproduction in algae is the production of young ones (offspring) of the same kind as themselves. Generally, all three types of reproduction are observed in algae, such as: Vegetative Reproduction…
Algae are chlorophyll-bearing autotrophic members of thallophytes comprising a large heterogeneous assemblage of relatively simple plants. Algae may be aquatic, semi-aquatic, or terrestrial in their habitat. In the sea, they…
Algae are plants of simple structures. There exist a wide variety of thalli in algae, particularly in the vegetative plant body. The different forms show a definite range. The range…
Chloroplasts are double membraned rod-like oval or spherical cell organelles in the cytoplasm of most plant cells that help in photosynthesis. It is a green plastid containing chlorophylls. Animal cells…
Mitochondria are the rod-shaped, ovoid, or thread-like, scattered minute particles in all aerobic cells of higher animals and plants. These are also present in algae, protozoa, and fungi. Bacterial cells,…