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Smallest plant which contain green pigment such as higher green plant is

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Schizomycetes
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Rhodophyceae
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Chlorophyceae
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Phyaeophyceae
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The correct option is C Chlorophyceae

Chlorophyceae make up an extremely large and important class of green algae. Members may be unicellular, colonial, or filamentous. Cells of unicellular and colonial chlorophyceans may have two or more flagella. There are about 2,650 living species of chlorophyceans. The main features of the class (and most plants) are the use of starch as the principal food reserve and the green chloroplasts with chlorophylls a and b. Inspite of plant characteristics, this algal group is not directly related to early land plants. The most complex of the class are the filamentous members, some of which exhibit features that are seen primarily in plants. Despite this similarity the class is not believed to have been the evolutionary source of plants.


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