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Standard IX
Biology
Plastids
The term plas...
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The term plastid was given by
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Schimper
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Haeckel
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Hanstein
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Strasburger
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The correct option is
B
Haeckel
Plastids are a pigment containing double membrane-bound organelle which is the site of manufacture and storage of chemical compounds.
Plastids are of three types on the basis of the pigments present within them:-
1. chloroplast (green plastid), 2. The chromoplast (coloured plastid) and 3. Leucoplast (colourless plastid).
Plastids were discovered and named by Ernst Haeckel in the year 1886.
So, the correct answer is 'Haeckel'.
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