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Floridean starch as a stored photosynthate is present in

A
Chlorophyceae
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Xanthophyceae
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Phaeophyceae
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Rhodophyceae
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Solution

The correct option is B Rhodophyceae
Floridean starch is found in Rhodophyta. It is more like the amylopectin which is present in the higher plants but is highly branched. The floridean starch occurs as grain outside the chloroplast in the red algal cells. This is the form in which the food in stored in the red algae.
Thus, the correct answer is option B.

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