In this article we will discuss about the classification of charales. Family Characeae: The Characeae &re cosmopolitan, occurring in all continents and in many isolated oceanic islands. The plants are aquatic or subaquatic in habit with elaborately developed plant body having rhizoidal prostrate portion and aerial portion differentiated into nodes and internodes. The aerial portion is attached in the soil [...]
In this article we will discuss about the classification of oedogoniales. Family Oedogoniaceae: This family includes chiefly the fresh-water forms which prefer to grow in quieter situations and are often attached to submerged plant parts or any other object. The plant body may be of branched or un-branched filament. The distinguishing feature of the family is the presence of a [...]
The following points highlight the two families under which zygamatales has been classified. The families are: 1. Zygnemataceae 2. Desmidiaceae. Family # 1. Zygnemataceae: This family includes fresh-water multicellular filamentous forms of algae. Genus Spirogyra of Zygnemataceae: It is one of the common green algae occurring chiefly in ponds, pools, ditches, and similar other places. It prefers still, rather than [...]