In this article we will discuss about the classification of ulvales. Family Ulvaceae: Plants are usually tubular or parenchymatous thalloid, capillary to broad, occasionally reduced to one or two rows of cells; attached or becoming free-floating; one or two cells in thickness. Cells possess one or two large lateral chromatophores with pyrenoids and single nucleus. Sexual and asexual plants are [...]
In this article we will discuss about the classification of cladophorales. Family Cladophoraceae: This family contains many fresh-water forms. Some of the large genera, such as Cladophora, have both fresh-water and marine representatives, but there are several strictly marine genera. The plants are composed of multinucleate cells arranged in uniseriate fashion in simple or branched filaments. The chloroplast is parietal [...]
In this article we will discuss about the classification of siphon ales. Family Caulerpaceae: Plants are coenocytic, branched, slenderly filamentous, or quite large and then differentiated into rhizoidal, stoloniferous and erect portions, the latter assuming a great variety of forms. The coenocyte has firm wall braced internally by a system of trabeculae. Reproduction is by segregation of portions of the [...]