Chlorophyta-Charophyta (survey)

• Basic characteristics of Chlorophyta

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• Lamellae - thylakoids arranged in bands
• All flagellate cells in the phylum Chlorophyta are Isokonts
• Siphonocladous - multicellular and multinucleate
• Prasinophytes - earliest-diverging lineages of green plants and are considered to be basal within the green algae
• Trebouxiophyceae - known for having symbiotic relationships with fungi to form lichens
• Acidic polysaccharides are associated with the class Prasinophyceae
• Ostreococcus - smallest free-living eukaryote
• Isthmus - refers to the "waist" of desmids
• Sinus - opening in desmids