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Floridean starch occurs in

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Rhodophyceae

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Phaeophyceae

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Myxophyceae

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Chlorophyceae

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Solution

The correct option is A
Rhodophyceae

In Rhodophyceae (red algae), food is stored in the form of floridean starch. Its grains are stored outside the chloroplast.

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