Plant Kingdom: Algae

Vocabulary terms based on the introduction and general account of Algae from Chapter 3 of the Plant Kingdom lecture notes.

Metaphyta

Also known as the Plant Kingdom or Kingdom Plantae, it is the kingdom of photoautotrophic organisms.

Algae

Simple aquatic thallophytes that are photoautotrophic, non-embryophytic, and atracheate; the term means seaweed.

Linnaeus

The individual who gave the term "algae".

Phycology

The study of algae.

F.E. Fritsch

He is recognized as the father of Phycology.

M.O.P. Iyengar

He is recognized as the father of Indian Phycology.

Global Photosynthesis

Algae are the main autotrophs of the planet, carrying out $90\%$ of this process.

$$Fritschiella$$

An example of an alga that grows on land.

Red Algae

Algae that are present in the deepest seas.

Lichens

Associations formed when some algae grow in partnership with fungi.

Sloth bear

An animal with which some algae associate.

Phytoplanktons

Minute, free-floating alga.

$$Chlamydomonas$$

A unicellular motile form of alga.

$$Chlorella$$

A unicellular non-motile form of alga.

Coenobium

Refers to colonial forms of algae that have motile cells with a regular shape, such as $Volvox$.

$$Volvox$$

An example of an alga that exists in a colonial form.