SCIENCE
PLANT KINGDOM
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Chara
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Laminaria
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Fucus
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Polysiphonia
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Detailed explanation-1: -Polysiphonia is a genus of filamentous red algae with about 19 species on the coasts of the British Isles and about 200 species worldwide, including Crete in Greece, Antarctica and Greenland. Its members are known by a number of common names. It is in the order Ceramiales and family Rhodomelaceae.
Detailed explanation-2: -Rhodophyta. The scientific name of Red Algae is Rhodophyta and they belong to Class Rhodophyceae.
Detailed explanation-3: -Polysiphonia is a heterotrichous alga having an erect series of branches and a filamentous prostrate section attached to the substratum by means of unicellular rhizoids.
Detailed explanation-4: -Polysiphonia, a common genus of marine red algae, is red in color because of the pigment phycobilin, which masks the green color of the chlorophyll responsible for photosynthesis.