charophyceae - Building The Pride

>
~500 GENERA
EARTH
^
MOST DIVERSE
ALGAE PHYLUM
DISTRIBUTION
^
COSMOPOLITAN
EARTH
HABITAT
^
AQUATIC
AQUATIC
TERRESTRIAL
TERRESTRIAL
AQUATIC
HABITATS
P
MARINE
MARINE
FRESHWATER
FRESHWATER
PHYTOPLANKTON
PHYTOPLANKTON
FREE-FLOATING
OR
SWIMMING
PLANT-LIKE ORGANISMS
PHYTOPLANKTON
B
PHYTOPLANKTON
BENTHIC
BENTHIC
BOTTOM DWELLING
PLANT-LIKE ORGANISMS
BENTHIC
E
BENTHIC
PHYTOPLANKTON
EPIPHYTE
EPIPHYTE
PLANT GROWING
UPON A PLANT
EPIPHYTE
^
BENTHIC
PHYTOPLANKTON
EPIPHYTE
E
TERRESTRIAL
HABITATS
EPILITHIC
EPILITHIC
ROCK SUBSTRATE
PLANT-LIKE ORGANISMS
EPILITHIC
E
EPILITHIC
EPIPELIC
EPIPELIC
SOIL SUBSTRATE
PLANT-LIKE ORGANISMS
EPIPELIC
C
EPILITHIC
EPIPELIC
CRYOPHYTIC
CRYOPHYTIC
SNOW SUBSTRATE
PLANT-LIKE ORGANISMS
CRYOPHYTIC
^
EPILITHIC
EPIPELIC
CRYOPHYTIC
FOSSIL RECORD
~900
MILLION YEARS
PRECAMBRIAN
?
UNICELLULAR
CHLOROPHYTA
EVOLVE
CHLAMY?OMONAS
^
CHLAMYDOMONAS
~550
MILLION YEARS
CAMBRIAN
EG
MULTICELLULAR
CHLOROPHYTA
EVOLVE
+
PALEOPORELLA
PALEOPORELLA ~ CODIUM
CAMBRIAN
^
CAMBRIAN
TRILOBITES
?
CHLOROPHYTA
CLASSIFICATION
PLANTAE
PHYLUM = ?HYTA
CLASS = ?PSIDA
EMBRYOPHYTE
ORDER = ?LES
FAMILY = ?CEAE
TAXONOMIC
STANDARD ENDINGS
PLANTAE
PHYLUM = PHYTA
CLASS = ?PSIDA
EMBRYOPHYTE
ORDER = ?LES
FAMILY = ?CEAE
TAXONOMIC
STANDARD ENDINGS
PLANTAE
PHYLUM = PHYTA
CLASS = OPSIDA
EMBRYOPHYTE
ORDER = ?LES
FAMILY = ?CEAE
TAXONOMIC
STANDARD ENDINGS
PLANTAE
PHYLUM = PHYTA
CLASS = OPSIDA
EMBRYOPHYTE
ORDER = ALES
FAMILY = ?CEAE
TAXONOMIC
STANDARD ENDINGS
PLANTAE
PHYLUM = PHYTA
CLASS = OPSIDA
EMBRYOPHYTE
ORDER = ALES
FAMILY = ACEAE
TAXONOMIC
STANDARD ENDINGS
+
E
GREEN ALGAE
TAXONOMIC
STANDARD ENDINGS
EXCEPTION
PLANTAE
PHYLUM = PHYTA
+
CLASS = OPSIDA
ALGAE
ORDER = ALES
FAMILY = ACEAE
TAXONOMIC
STANDARD ENDINGS
GREEN ALGAE
TAXONOMIC
STANDARD ENDINGS
EXCEPTION
PLANTAE
PHYLUM = PHYTA
^
CLASS = PHYCEAE
ALGAE
ORDER = ALES
FAMILY = ACEAE
TAXONOMIC
STANDARD ENDINGS
L
CHLOROPHYTA
CLASSES
CHLOROPHYTA
CLASSES
CHLOROPHYCEAE
CHLOROPHYTA
CLASSES
CHLOROPHYTA
CLASSES
CHLOROPHYCEAE
ULVOPHYCEAE
CHLOROPHYTA
CLASSES
CHLOROPHYTA
CLASSES
CHLOROPHYCEAE
ULVOPHYCEAE
CHAROPHYCEAE
CHLOROPHYTA
CLASSES
VP
VASCULAR
PLANT
EVOLUTION
CYANOPHYTA
ENDOSYMBIOTIC
THEORY
VASCULAR
PLANT
EVOLUTION
L
CHLOROPHYTA
PHYCOPLAST ABSENT
PHRAGMOPLAST ABSENT
FLAGELLA APICAL
PHYCOPLAST PRESENT
PHRAGMOPLAST ABSENT
FLAGELLA APICAL
PHYCOPLAST ABSENT
PHRAGMOPLAST PRESENT
FLAGELLA SUBAPICAL
ULVOPHYCEAE
CHLOROPHYCEAE
CHAROPHYCEAE
VASCULAR
PLANT
EVOLUTION
CYANOPHYTA
ENDOSYMBIOTIC
THEORY
VASCULAR
PLANT
EVOLUTION
E
CHLOROPHYTA
PHYCOPLAST ABSENT
PHRAGMOPLAST ABSENT
FLAGELLA APICAL
PHYCOPLAST PRESENT
PHRAGMOPLAST ABSENT
FLAGELLA APICAL
PHYCOPLAST ABSENT
PHRAGMOPLAST PRESENT
FLAGELLA SUBAPICAL
ULVOPHYCEAE
CHLOROPHYCEAE
CHAROPHYCEAE
GRANA PRESENT
PHRAGMOPLAST PRESENT
SUBAPICAL FLAGELLA
“LAND PLANTS”
VASCULAR
PLANT
EVOLUTION
CYANOPHYTA
ENDOSYMBIOTIC
THEORY
VASCULAR
PLANT
EVOLUTION
E
CHLOROPHYTA
PHYCOPLAST ABSENT
PHRAGMOPLAST ABSENT
FLAGELLA APICAL
PHYCOPLAST PRESENT
PHRAGMOPLAST ABSENT
FLAGELLA APICAL
PHYCOPLAST ABSENT
PHRAGMOPLAST PRESENT
FLAGELLA SUBAPICAL
ULVOPHYCEAE
CHLOROPHYCEAE
CHAROPHYCEAE
EMBRYO
“LAND PLANTS”
VASCULAR
PLANT
EVOLUTION
CYANOPHYTA
ENDOSYMBIOTIC
THEORY
VASCULAR
PLANT
EVOLUTION
>
CHLOROPHYTA
PHYCOPLAST ABSENT
PHRAGMOPLAST ABSENT
FLAGELLA APICAL
PHYCOPLAST PRESENT
PHRAGMOPLAST ABSENT
FLAGELLA APICAL
PHYCOPLAST ABSENT
PHRAGMOPLAST PRESENT
FLAGELLA SUBAPICAL
ULVOPHYCEAE
CHLOROPHYCEAE
CHAROPHYCEAE
EMBRYO
EMBRYOPHYTES
VASCULAR
PLANT
EVOLUTION
CYANOPHYTA
ENDOSYMBIOTIC
THEORY
VASCULAR
PLANT
EVOLUTION
^
>
CHLOROPHYTA
PHYCOPLAST ABSENT
PHRAGMOPLAST ABSENT
FLAGELLA APICAL
PHYCOPLAST PRESENT
PHRAGMOPLAST ABSENT
FLAGELLA APICAL
PHYCOPLAST ABSENT
PHRAGMOPLAST PRESENT
FLAGELLA SUBAPICAL
ULVOPHYCEAE
CHLOROPHYCEAE
CHAROPHYCEAE
CHAROPHYCEAE
EVOLVED
EMBRYOPHYTES
EMBRYO
EMBRYOPHYTES
GENERAL
CHARACTERS
CHLOROPHYTA
GROWTH FORMS
UNICELLULAR
MICRASTERIAS
MICRASTERIAS
COLONIAL
MICRASTERIAS
VOLVOX
MICRASTERIAS
FILAMENTOUS
VOLVOX
MICRASTERIAS
SPIROGYRA
VOLVOX
MICRASTERIAS
SPIROGYRA
VOLVOX
MEMBRANOUS
^
MICRASTERIAS
VOLVOX
SPIROGYRA
ULVA
CHAROPHYCEAE
GROWTH FORM
?
VOLVOX
PARENCHYMATOUS
VOLVOX
PARENCHYMATOUS
?
P
VOLVOX
PARENCHYMATOUS
CHARA
PARENCHYMATOUS
PARENCHYMATOUS
GROWTH FORM
MULTICELLULAR
3D PLANT THALLUS
PARENCHYMATOUS
GROWTH FORM
E
VOLVOX
PARENCHYMATOUS
CHARA
CHAROPHYCEAE
VP
EMBRYOPHYTES
VASCULAR
PLANT
EVOLUTION
CYANOPHYTA
ENDOSYMBIOTIC
THEORY
VASCULAR
PLANT
EVOLUTION
^
CHLOROPHYTA
PHYCOPLAST ABSENT
PHRAGMOPLAST ABSENT
FLAGELLA APICAL
PHYCOPLAST PRESENT
PHRAGMOPLAST ABSENT
FLAGELLA APICAL
PHYCOPLAST ABSENT
PHRAGMOPLAST PRESENT
FLAGELLA SUBAPICAL
ULVOPHYCEAE
CHLOROPHYCEAE
CHAROPHYCEAE
GROWTH FORM
IDENTICAL WITH
EMBRYOPHYTES
EMBRYOPHYTES
CHLOROPHYTA
CHLOROPLASTS
1 CHLOROPLAST/CELL
MICRASTERIAS
1 CHLOROPLAST/CELL
SPIROGYRA
1 CHLOROPLAST/CELL
VOLVOX
1 CHLOROPLAST/CELL
ULVA
EG
+
VARIABLE SHAPE
VARIABLE SHAPE
MICRASTERIAS
VOLVOX
VARIABLE SHAPE
VARIABLE SHAPE
SPIROGYRA
ULVA
?
VARIABLE SHAPE
VARIABLE SHAPE
MICRASTERIAS
VOLVOX
SPIRAL SHAPE
VARIABLE SHAPE
SPIROGYRA
ULVA
MICRASTERIAS
SPIROGYRA
?
?
P
MICRASTERIAS
SPIROGYRA
PYRENOIDS
PYRENOIDS
PYRENOID
+
PYRENOID
COVERTS GLUCOSE
TO STARCH
PYRENOID
+
PYRENOID
COVERTS GLUCOSE
TO STARCH
--PRESENT OR ABSENT
PYRENOID
P
SPIROGYRA
CHARA
A
PYRENOIDS
PRESENT
SPIROGYRA
CHARA
^
PYRENOIDS
PRESENT
SPIROGYRA
PYRENOIDS
ABSENT
CHARA
?
CHAROPHYCEAE
CHLOROPLASTS
CHARA
?
CHLOROPLAST
CHAROPHYCEAE
L.S.
+
CHARA
COLEOCHAETE
CHLOROPLAST
CHAROPHYCEAE
L.S.
?
CHARA
COLEOCHAETE
CHLOROPLAST
THYLAKOID
CHAROPHYCEAE
L.S.
G
CHARA
COLEOCHAETE
CHLOROPLAST
?
CHAROPHYCEAE
L.S.
G
CHARA
COLEOCHAETE
CHLOROPLAST
GRANA
CHAROPHYCEAE
L.S.
GRANA
GRANA
+
STACKED
THYLAKOID VESICLES
GRANA
GRANA
+
!
STACKED
THYLAKOID VESICLES
--RESTRICTED
CHAROPHYCEAE
GRANA
EG
CHARA
COLEOCHAETE
CHLOROPLAST
GRANA
RESTRICTED
CHAROPHYCEAE
L.S.