In this article we will discuss about the life cycle of laminaria, explained with the help of suitable diagrams. Order Laminariales of Laminariaceae: This order contains the largest and most elaborately organized plant body of all algae. The members of this order, better known as kelps, are predominant plants of cold water. With the exception of the genus Chorda, the [...]
In this article we will discuss about the life cycle of ectocarpus, explained with the help of suitable diagrams. Family Ectocarpaceae of Phaeophyta: Plants are filiform and more or less branched, or sub-simple from a creeping, penetrating, or disciform base; generally uniseriate but occasionally some segments in the lower part with one or two longitudinal septa; reproductive organs lateral, replacing [...]
In this article we will discuss about the classification of phaeophyta. Kylin (1933) divided Phaeophyta into three classes according to the type of life history. Further division of these classes into subclasses, and the arrangement of the orders, may best be understood from the key given below. This classification has received wide recognition for practical purposes although Papenfuss (1951) rejected [...]