Chlorophyceae

Plant Characteristics

Cultivation

Scientific Names

Read about Chlorophyceae in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
CHLOROPHYCEAE A large and important group of fresh-water, or rarely marine, algae. Plant body unicellular, filamentous, or even thalloid: the cells contain chloroplastids and produce starch: reproduction sometimes vegetative, but also by asexual zoospores; sexual reproduction consists of the fusion of two zoospore-like gametes, or the fusion of one such gamete and a specialized non-motile egg. The latter condition is characteristic of the higher forms in nearly all the sub-groups of the Chlorophyceae. The plant body in the Order Siphonales is peculiar in that it consists of a continuous tube without cross-walls. Some common genera in this class are Volyox, Chlamydomonas, Pandorina, Protococcus, Pediastrum, Scenedesmus, Hydrodictyon (Water-net), Ulothrix, Ulva (Sea-lettuce), Oedogonium, Cladophora, Caulerpa, and Vaucheria. The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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