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Which algae stores starch?


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Starch:

  1. Members of Rhodophyceae store starch granules.
  2. They store starch namely Floridian starch as a photosynthetic storage product.
  3. It is located in basin-shaped cells of members of Rhodophyceae.
  4. These cells are located outside of chloroplast where they can store photosynthetic products easily.
  5. Rhodophyceae includes the group of red algae.
  6. This Floridian starch differs from the starch reserve of a higher group of plants in not having amylose.
  7. Examples of red algae storing starch are Glacilaria, Floridiophyce, Chandrima, etc.
  8. Red algae stores starch.

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