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Phaeophyta
General characters Of Phaeophyta The colour of brown algae varies from olive green to a deep shade of brown due to presence of golden brown xanthophyll pigment fucoxanthin. This is…
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History and classification of Algae
For the first time Aristole (382-322 B.C) and his pupil Theophrastus (372-287 B.C), the Father of Botany classified the plants into three groups i.e. Trees, Shrubs and Herbs. The algae…
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CLASSIFICATION OF ALGAE
For diverse reasons, the taxonomy of algae is not settled yet. There is still an ongoing battle about the composition of eukaryotic supergroups and until that is resolved, it can…