In this article we will discuss about the classification of rhodophyta. The presently accepted classification of the Rhodophyta having the single class Rhodophyceae is the system first devised by Schmitz (1883) and refined through years of painstaking work by Kylin (1932) and others to a form finally adopted and presented by Kylin in his monograph of 1956. Modifications have been [...]
In this article we will discuss about the general features and phylogenetic relationships of rhodophyta. General Features of Rhodophyta: The Rhodophyta or red algae are almost entirely confined to the sea. Both fresh- and salt-water members of this group are comparatively few in number. The freshwater forms prefer well-aerated water. The marine forms are of world-wide distribution being predominantly represented [...]
In this article we will discuss about the classification of nemalionales. Family Batrachospermaceae: This family includes algae whose plant body is of soft, thick, gelatinous branched thallus differentiated into structures resembling nodes and internodes. Branches arise in whorls from the nodes. Asexual reproduction is by monospores and sexual reproduction oogamous by the development of carpogonia and spermatangia. Zygotic nucleus, divides [...]