Lab resource

Diversity of Green algae

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 Filamentous unbranched- body form

Chlorophyta
Spirogyra sp.–
green
Cells joined end to end
One to few spiral chloroplasts
Central nucleus suspended in
central cytoplasm - cytoplasmic
strands connect to peripheral
cytoplasm.
Cell division in one plane extend
the filament
Fresh water

NB: the basic structure is the same but there are several differences between this one and the specimen in the lab
 Filamentous branched
Chlorophyta
Cladophora
green
Reticulate chloroplast
Cells joined end to end - filament
Filament branches
Regular division in the x plane and the cell
divides occasionally in the y plane
Unicellular epiphytes on cell surface
Fresh water

NB: the basic structure is the same but there are several differences between this one and the specimen in the lab
 Membranous –body form
Chlorophyta
Ulva species
Green –flat sheet
Lettuce – like
2 layers of cells
Regular division in one plane
Marine - benthic

Cross Dorsal
section view of
of thallus thallus with
- the
Two compound
layers of microscope
cells

NB: the basic structure is the same but there are several differences between this one and the specimen in the lab
 Siphonous – coenocytic – body form
• Marine Unicellular – multinucleate
Differentiated into frond, rhizome
and rhizoids – no cross walls
No cell division

Marine – benthic
Thallus
differentiated

NB: the basic structure is the same but there are several differences between this one and the specimen in the lab
 Lab resource
Bryophytes – small simple land plants
AoG – sporophytes and gametophytes alternate in the life cycle
 Thalloid liverworts – vegetative gametophyte

Ventral surface - rhizoids

Gametophyte thallus Cross section of thallus- upper
Green photosynthetic area- pore in upper
Flat – dorsiventrally flattened epidermis
Dichotomous branching (branching in 2) Lower epidermis - rhizoids are
Pore in the centre of hexagonal structures extensions of epidermal cells
on dorsal surface
Ventral rhizoids attaches the thallus to soil
of bark or rock

NB: the basic structure is the same but there are several differences between this one and the specimen in the lab
 Thalloid – bryophytes- liverworts –
gametophyte - asexual reproduction

NB: the basic structure is the same but there are several differences between this one and the specimen in the lab
 Thalloid – bryophytes- liverworts –
gametophyte sexual reproduction
NB
In our species the archegoniophore is
umbrella shaped and the
antheridiophore fingerlke
Antheridia are embedded in the dosal
side of the antheridiophore cap and
the archgonia are embedded in the
undersurface of the archegoniophore
cap.

Gametophytes are unisexual

NB: the basic structure is the same but there are several differences between this one and the specimen in the lab
 Gametophyte sex organs

l.S section through

archegoniophore
l.s. through
anteridiophore
NB: the basic structure is the same but there are several differences between this one and the specimen in the lab
 Thalloid – bryophytes- liverworts –
sporophyte generation Aarchegoniophore
– section through the stalk and cap of the

1- Stalk of archegoniophore
2- capsule
3. Spores and elators
4. Seta
5. Foot
B. Sporophyte
C. Spores and elators

Calyptra

NB: the basic structure is the same but there are several differences between this one and the specimen in the lab
Diagramatic

NB
Your drawings should not be a copy
of this. You should be drawing from
your live specimens
AoG Life Cycle
 Male gametophyte Female gametophyte
Green erect thallus Green, erect thallus

Tip of female gametophyte

NB: the basic structure is the same but there are several differences between this one and the specimen in the lab
 Bryophytes – mosses – small erect land plants –
female gametophyte and attached sporophyte

Stem- like
leaf-like

NB: the basic structure is the same but there are several differences between this one and the specimen in the lab
Moss life cycle