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| name = ''LATINNAME'' <!--- replace LATINNAME with the actual latin name -->
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| color = IndianRed
| image = Upload.png <!--- Freesia.jpg -->
| image_width = 240px <!--- leave as 240px if horizontal orientation photo, or change to 180px if vertical -->
| image_caption = <!--- eg. Cultivated freesias -->
| regnum = Plantae <!--- Kingdom -->
| divisio = Thallophyta <!--- Phylum -->
| classis = <!--- Class -->
| ordo = <!--- Order -->
| familia = <!--- Family -->
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DIATOMEAE (Diatoms)

Unicellular algae of very peculiar and interesting habit. The wall consists of two silicious valves, one of which fits over the other like the lid of a box. These valves are frequently very beautifully sculptured. Through division, new cells and new walls are formed, which are always smaller than before, until finally as a limit a sexual spore is produced which reestablishes the size of the cell. Diatoms inhabit stagnant water, wet rocks, and the sea. They are either free-floating or pedicelled and attached. The silicious walls will resist burning. Diatoms contain little, if any, chlorophyll, and are mostly saprophytic. A large part of the oceanic plankton is composed of Diatoms.
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:''More information about this class can be found on the [[Thallophyta|division page]].''

==Gallery==
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==References==
*[[Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture]], L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

==External links==
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