Phaeophyceae

Class · Brown algae · Plantae › Phaeophyceae · NCERT Chapter 3: Plant Kingdom

Key features

Mostly marine; brown pigment fucoxanthin; food stored as laminarin and mannitol; body has a holdfast, stipe and frond.

NCERT examples of Phaeophyceae (5)

EctocarpusFilamentous brown algaPhaeophyceae
DictyotaBrown algaPhaeophyceae
LaminariaKelpPhaeophyceae
SargassumGulfweedPhaeophyceae
FucusRockweedPhaeophyceae
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