Green Plants

Common name

Green plants

Synonyms

Viridiplantae

Mode of nutrition

Autotrophic: green chloroplasts (some parasitic members)

Habitat

Freshwater, marine, terrestrial

Growth habit

Unicellular, filamentous, various multicellular

Cell wall

Cellulose, hemicellulose, pectins

Undulipodia (“flagella”)

Whiplash (2 to 1000+) or none

Food storage

Starch

Clonal reproduction

Zoospores, aplanospores, multicellular propagules, vegetative

Sexual reproduction

Unicellular, haploid dominant, diploid dominant, alternation of generations

Included Phyla

Chlorophyta, Hepatophyta, Anthocerophyta, Bryophyta, Lycophyta, Psilotophyta, Sphenophyta, Pterophyta, Cycadophyta, Ginkgophyta, Coniferophyta, Gnetophyta, Anthophyta

Recognized by

Chlorophyll b, β-carotene

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