Question

What is the meaning of green algae?

Answer 1

Green algae:

1. The members of Chlorophyceae are commonly called green algae.
2. The plant body may be unicellular, colonial, or filamentous. They are usually grass green due to the dominance of pigments chlorophyll a and b.
3. The pigments are localized in definite chloroplasts.
4. The chloroplasts may be discoid, plate-like, reticulate, cup-shaped, spiral, or ribbon-shaped in different species.
5. Most of the members have one or more storage bodies called pyrenoids located in the chloroplasts.
6. Green algae usually have a rigid cell wall made of an inner layer of cellulose and an outer layer of pectose.
7. Green algae store starch as a food reserve.
8. Some commonly found green algae are Chlamydomonas, Volvox, Ulothrix, Spirogyra, and Chara.