alga lives with fungus in a lichen and follows a mutually beneficial relationship called symbiosis.
Green in color
Blue-green algae do not have a membrane bound nucleus. They sustain their lives by carrying out their functions in eukaryotes.
chloroplasts and cell walls
Phytoplankton, colonial, filamenous, and multicellular
Green algae is a type of photosynthetic organism that is not classified as a plant but belongs to the Kingdom Protista or Protists. They have plant-like characteristics, such as photosynthesis and cell walls made of cellulose, but they have a different evolutionary history from true plants.
Green algae are primarily placed in the Kingdom Plantae due to their possession of chlorophyll for photosynthesis, cell walls made of cellulose, and other plant-like characteristics.
Green algae are considered the most closely related to green plants, as they share similar photosynthetic pigments and cell structure. The chlorophytes and charophytes groups of green algae are particularly close relatives to land plants.
Green algae, particularly charophytes, are considered to be the closest relatives and ancestors of land plants. They share many characteristics with land plants, such as similar chloroplast structure and reproductive features. This close evolutionary relationship suggests that land plants evolved from green algae.
The scientific name for green algae is Chlorophyta.
Chlorophytes are actually within the plant kingdom, specifically Viridiplantae. Like all members of the plant kingdom, chlorophytes have cell walls with cellulose and gain nourishment through photosynthesis.
Algae are classified according to their pigmentation, cell structure, and method of reproduction. They can be grouped into divisions such as Green Algae, Red Algae, and Brown Algae based on these characteristics.
blue green algae