In which kingdom does algae comes under - Plantae or Protista

Some general biology textbook authors place the microscopic, unicellular green algae (Division Chlorophyta) in the Kingdom Protista, and place the larger, mu ...

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Algae belongs to which kingdom out of Protista and Plantae?

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The unicellular green algae which belongs to the division Chlorophyta are placed in the kingdom Protista.
All the multicellular algae including green algae (Chlorophyta), brown algae (Phaeophyta), red algae (Rhodophyta) are placed in the kingdom Plantae.
Therefore, algae can be placed under both the kingdom and it can be differentiated according to the cellular nature of algae.

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